A New Sputnik Moment
When an F-22 fighter jet destroyed a Chinese high altitude balloon last week, many saw the latest high tech aircraft deflating an old-fashioned novelty. The ...
Recent Posts
Solar Thermal Atmospheric Research Station (STARS) Proposals, 1978-1982
In the early 1960s, Buckminster Fuller did back-of-the-envelope calculations for a giant, solar-heated balloon that he called Cloud Nine. This 1-mile (1.6km)...
Milwaukee Harbor, Komatsu North America
My current kite aerial photography rigs and a flat winder of string, fits in a small shoulder bag and weighs a little over 2 pounds. My rig’s portability let...
Kite photos from the Frank Mots International Kite Festival, Milwaukee
At the 2022 Frank Mots International Kite Festival in Milwaukee, We flew kites and kite banners, and also captured aerial photos (this post) and ground shots...
Ground photos from the Frank Mots International Kite Festival, Milwaukee
At the 2022 Frank Mots International Kite Festival in Milwaukee, we flew kites and kite banners, and Colleen Donaldson and I (mostly Colleen) took photos of ...