How high can *you* fly? (or: Altitude Record)

Rumour has it that there has been a successful attempt made on the altitude record for single kites. This has been reported elsewhere, but thought it might be worthy of mention here.

Veteran kiteflyer/builder/author Richard Synergy and crew apparently made an assault on the single kite record earlier this month somewhere in Ontario, Canada. Details shall be forthcoming in due course, I'm sure, but the reports indicate that the attempt was able to put it up around the 12,000 - 14,000 foot range (give or take, TBA, sea level to be factored, etc.).

That is a heckovalotta kevlar line, by any stretch, I'm sure you'd agree

I don't have all the facts at my fingertips, but do note that the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records states as follows:

'The altitude record for a single kite is 12,471 feet, in the case of a kite flown by Henry Helm Clayton and A. E. Sweetland at the Blue Hill Weather Station, Milton, Massachusetts, USA on February 28, 1898.'

Pardon this intrusion of an slk point of interest into the newsgroup, willya?

Best winds,

Michael umour has it that there has been a successful attempt made on the altitude record for single kites. This has been reported elsewhere, but thought it might be worthy of mention here.

Veteran kiteflyer/builder/author Richard Synergy and crew apparently made an assault on the single kite record earlier this month somewhere in Ontario, Canada. Details shall be forthcoming in due course, I'm sure, but the reports indicate that the attempt was able to put it up around the 12,000 - 14,000 foot range (give or take, TBA, sea level to be factored, etc.).

That is a heckovalotta kevlar line, by any stretch, I'm sure you'd agree

I don't have all the facts at my fingertips, but do note that the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records states as follows:

'The altitude record for a single kite is 12,471 feet, in the case of a kite flown by Henry Helm Clayton and A. E. Sweetland at the Blue Hill Weather Station, Milton, Massachusetts, USA on February 28, 1898.'

Pardon this intrusion of an slk point of interest into the newsgroup, willya?

Best winds,

Michael [ *

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I have had my Blade 4.9 well in excess of 52 m above sea level. I know this because i have 50m lines and I was stood on a sand dune, this doesnt even factor in the length of my arms and body so I could have been pushing 55m above sea level.

Hope this helps.

Wow! Congrats! That was a well written and interesting article

Thanks!

Mikey Luvs ya!

Hey, I can beat that! 2 weeks ago, I was flying the Jam Session Millennium on 66 meter lines (being 2 33m lines knotted together). Here also, taking my height and arms in account, let's assume it's 68 meters above sealevel

AirTime schreef:

What might the record be for hand-held, anyone know?

I flew a Peel 5m, a few years ago on 75 mtr lines... including me and 2 meters below sealevel.... That was about 73 meters above sealevel....Peel would steer easy anymore tough

Hi folks, Must have been may,98, late afternoon, wind from the east (never good). Well benoit and I had been flying all afternoon, but the winds were pretty crappy. So I said to him, lets try getting the kite (tricktail) up to a higher elevation. So out comes 3 sets of lines, 2 120' and 1 80'. We unwind them, giving a total of 320', I could hardly see my tricktail down the field. I pull the lines and get the kite to elevation, around 280', hey lots of wind up there. Fly around for awhile and hand the lines to Benoit, we're having a great time. Then Benoit decides to do a cascade, well he did one from 275' to ground zero, a beautiful site to see, as the sun was setting in the west.

Have fun,

Pierre Gregoire Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Quad-line delta. One Hand. 150 feet of lines. Nothin' but 'net

The Puppet Kite Kid

1976, Ohio, single liner of my own design, made of newspaper and wooden sticks cut from scrap lumber (string and scrap fabric tail), 1 spool of 5200+ feet of 10 pound monofiliment fishing line, all line out, kite is out of sight.

I was a sophomore in highschool. assuming about 30 degree angle and ignoring the massive stretch of monofiliment, that would put the kite at somewhere around 2500 feet off the ground, I don't know what the elevation was.

Mike

Well... Some weeks ago I made this jump of 124meters and... no just kiddin'