A blog detailing our collection of Peter Powell kites, and chronicling our flying of these kites. Plus a bit of PP kite history thrown in. Our collection to date stands at 77 kites and can be seen here. I am keen to expand the collection, so if you have an old Peter Powell kite, whether made in the UK or the US, gathering dust and looking for a new home, why not get in touch? Depending on the kite (does it bring something new or different to my collection?), its condition (is it flyable? how much TLC does it need?), and the price you ask (+ shipping if from outside the UK), we may well be able to do a deal.

Saturday, 27 October 2018

Poppins PP

It's been a while since I last posted about a new addition to the Peter Powell collection. Guess that's to be expected: as the collection grows, there are fewer 'new' kites to be added.

But that most certainly doesn't mean my collection is complete! And I'm pretty sure it will never reach that final stage. So here's the latest addition to the PP collection: a Poppins-branded Peter Powell Stunter.


Now before everyone spontaneously bursts out in "Let's Go Fly a Kite!" song, this particular Poppins is not one of the Mary variety ... We're talking here about a kite branded to promote the Poppins chain of restaurants, which is still in existence today.


So how does the Poppins PP fly?


The kite came to me with the upper bridle legs shortened by a loop tied into them. Well, that made the kite basically unflyable, but once I'd untied those loops, it flew very much as you would expect a PP Stunter to fly. No clue why the bridle legs were shortened this way ...


By the way, after the Round Table and BP Peter Powells, this is my third vintage promo kite. Obviously, I'm not going to collect any modern Mk III promo kites, as there are basically a near-infinite number of them. But any vintage promo PP is fair game ...
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