Westport 2005

This year's Fano Classic was military kites. Bob and I took our original Gibson Girl and we made 2 Garber Target kites. We used 1.5 ounce ripstop nylon to get a close color match. Atmospheric blue was the color called for in the spec manual. Bob painted the wood spine, spreader, rudder pieces, and control bar. The kite in this picture is the Mark II. It is 7 feet wide and 7 feet tall. It was designed to fly in lighter winds than the more common Mark I, a 5 foot kite. Our Mark II has the Betty silhouette. The next couple of pictures show it at different angles in the air. It really does maneuver!