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.

Monday 29 April 2019

PPKOG 3-stack

You may well be familiar with the Peter Powell Kites Owners Group which I set up on Facebook more than two years ago. When I set it up, I was hoping for maybe 50 or so members, but at the time of writing this blog post, the group has accumulated 353 members! And if you're reading this and are not a member, what's stopping you from joining the group? Doesn't cost you anything!

At some point, Paul Powell floated the idea of creating a special PPKOG kite, available for anyone who had joined the group. Was there enough interest for such a special Peter Powell kite? Following sorting out some technical issues, and design of the logo (in which I had some input as well), the PPKOG kite was ready for ordering last month. In neon green, the colour introduced last year to mark Peter's birthday.


I decided to make my order a bit more than a single PPKOG Stunter, and ordered a 3-stack. PPKOG lead kite, plus two 'plain' neon green stacking kites. Black tails, as visual continuation of the black central stripe.


And to make it even more special, I asked Paul and Mark to sign the two stacking kites.










With our Flying Fish PPs signed by Peter, we now have 'the full set' of Powell lads!

First flight of my PPKOG 3-stack was in winds of mostly 11-18mph. It flew very well in that wind, and developed a solid pull; nothing that couldn't be handled, though. The neon green sails look fantastic against the grey sky, especially if they catch a bit of sun from behind, making them almost luminescent.




Of course, we had to make some videos (Irma flew the stack in both videos).



Paul has said that he is happy to make another PPKOG kite, with 2020 in the logo, next year, and to keep doing this annually, for as long as there is enough interest (in order to make creating such a kite financially viable, there has to be a minimum number of orders). I suggested purple, with a white logo, for next year. And if a 2020 PPKOG indeed becomes reality, I'm not ruling out I'll order another 3-stack. After all, flying a pair of PP 3-stacks is nice addition to Flying Fish's festival quiver, isn't it?

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