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Jim Martin, AKA, WACKOS, GKPI Premium Fotki Member

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AKA COnvention, Des Moines, IA, October 2006

With adverse wind son one of our flying days, and some damage to the kite that needs repair, we only flew once in Des Moines. But it was pretty!

Congratulations "A" Team and "B" Team crews for a job well done...

       
    
    
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David resting on his laurels.
1 David resting on his laurels.
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Me, driving the anchor dump truck around the field -- pic by Jim Podlasek
2 Me, driving the anchor dump truck ar…
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Laying it out -- pic by Jim Podlasek
3 Laying it out -- pic by Jim Podlasek
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The crew hard at work -- pic by Jim Podlasek
4 The crew hard at work -- pic by Jim…
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Kite goes up -- picture by Randy Fox
5 Kite goes up -- picture by Randy Fox
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The Mega Flag makes its only flight at this convention
6 The Mega Flag makes its only flight …
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The "B" Team
7 The "B" Team
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The "A" Team, unless it is the "B" Team
8 The "A" Team, unless it is the "B" T…
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We didn't fly as much as we hoped, but it looked good while it was up.
9 We didn't fly as much as we hoped, b…
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Rip visible in back of kite -- Picture by Randy Fox
10 Rip visible in back of kite -- Pictu…
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Flight over, I reward myself with Spam (tm) and Asparagus Pizza -- pic by Jim Podlasek
11 Flight over, I reward myself with Sp…
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Arriving home, SMS Caterin is kind enough to let us use their facility to spread the kite out and make repairs.
12 Arriving home, SMS Caterin is kind e…
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The rip. That's my s1ze 10 shoe to the right, for scale
13 The rip. That's my s1ze 10 shoe to …
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Beginning to sew it back up
14 Beginning to sew it back up
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Me, hard at work
15 Me, hard at work
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The repair in progress
16 The repair in progress
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Moving 20,000 square feet of fabric around while sewing is a bit tricky.
17 Moving 20,000 square feet of fabric …
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Back in the trailer.
18 Back in the trailer.
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