2013WACKOS Flying Schedule

The First and Third Saturday of every month at Frank Liske Park
(Other activities, and where they'll be are also shown)


For other events around the country, click here to visit the AKA  web site and select "Event Calendar.

Sometimes, I don't get all the good pictures. But Jim & Laura post theirs for everyone to enjoy. Check out their  gallery at Kitefliers Kite Gallery. 
And Jim Martin puts a bunch up at his Fotki photo page.

January 2013

5

First Saturday – not a perfect day with light (almost unflyable) winds but the sun was warm. It’s too bad someone wanted their dog to chase a ball on the same field we were trying to fly, The dog was too interested in the kite so we left the field to the inconsiderate dog owner. The BBQ at the Rock Store was excellent as usual.

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19

Third Saturday -

26

 

 

 

February 2013

2

First Saturday -  Ground Hog Day – If the weather’s good, let’s fly with or without a “shadow”.

9

 

16

Third Saturday – Well, this was a bust! The first snowfall to accumulate in 2 years blew through Charlotte today. First it was rain, then snow, then rain, then snow again. It was just a cold, miserable day. Within an hour, I had 2 inches on my deck railing. The local weather guys must have wet themselves with excitement. Hopefully we’ll have better weather in a couple weeks.

23

 

March 2013

2

First Saturday -

9

 

16

Third Saturday  - What a great day! Lots of sunshine, warm temps, lots of wind and lots of WACKOS! St. Patty must have been shining on us because the wind definitely was at our backs. Good warmup for Lake Park.

23

 Lake Park Kite Day, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Founders Park, Lake Park - see this map map to Lake Park.

30

Beginning of National Kite Month - until April 30th.

 

 

April 2013 is National Kite Month.

6

First Saturday - WACKOS "official" National Kite Month event. Frank Liske Park is also having a Spring event with kite making and flying and would like us to be out in force to help if necessary. Let’s bring banners and wind toys to fill FLP skies with color and show everyone how much fun we have.

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20

Third Saturday -

Blue Ridge Kite Festival, Salem, Va. -

27-28

Holden Beach Days at the Docks, link >> Days At the Docks. Contact John McEntire

 

 

May 2013

4

First Saturday – Despite the “predictors of gloom” at the weather channels, we had a pretty good day – winds were up and down (a standard Frank Liske feature) and it was a little cool but we saw sunshine and blue skies for the first time in what seemed like months.  A new flyer came to visit and met up with the 5 WACKOS enjoying the unexpectedly nice weather. Welcome, Lisa,glad you enjoyed yourself! We hope you come back with your family to fly with us again.

 

Eddie took some photos with his new KAP rig and posted them here >>>> Eddie's Saturday photos. A new perspective on Frank Liske Park.

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18

Third Saturday -

25-27

Memorial Day weekend

 

 

June 2013

1

First Saturday - Sunny, warm and windy. although the winds were variable, there was enough wind to be able to fly almost anything. Single liners were up and down and sometimes the Revs were a challenge to fly, but dual liners seemed to be doing alright. You can tell how sunny it was by the redness on my arms and legs that night. Good crowd and good fun. Hope to see more of the same in a couple weeks.

8

 

15

Third Saturday -

22

 

29

 

 

July 2013

6

First Saturday – and Fourth of July weekend

13

 

20

Third Saturday -

27

 

 

 

August 2013

3

First Saturday -

10

 

17

Third Saturday -

24

 

31

Beginning of Labor Day weekend. See Mile High Kite Fly in September.

 

 

September 2013

1-2

Mile High Kite Fly at Beech Mountain. Rain or shine, it’s always a good time at Beech Mountain! Unfortunately, like the last couple years, we got rained out again. But this time it set a new record for shortness. The wind and rain came suddenly and violently from a big cloud that blew over the mountain from the west. It wasn't the rain that killed the festival, it was the lightning that followed. After a lunch meeting at the Four Seasons, Calder arranged for us to be able to use the Buckeye Lake Rec Center for some indoor flying on the basketball court. Pretty good crowd, too. It was the first chance for some of us to fly indoors and everyone really enjoyed it. We stayed there until it was time for the picnic just a few yards down the hill. Monday morning was pretty much like past years, too. The fog was thick and you couldn't hardly see the upper parking lot until after 9 am. RAF and WACKOS were packing up to head home.

 

So even though there wasn't much outdoor flying, the indoor flying  helped make up for it. As it turned out, Sunday afternoon has it's share of brief, but intense, showers as well. I just hope this stuff all blows through by next weekend. We've had a pretty sparse flying summer because of all the rain.

7

 First Saturday -

14

21

 Third Saturday -

28

 

 

 

October 2013

5

First Saturday -

12

 

19

Third Saturday -

26-27

Carolina Kite Fest, Public Beach access, “The Circle”, Atlantic Beach, NC. See http://www.kitesandbirds.com/ckf.html

Holden Beach Festival By the Sea, link >> Festival By The Sea. Contact John McEntire

 

 

November 2013

1-3

First Saturday - Cape Fear Kite thing (Judy doesn’t want it to be a festival), Wrightsville Beach, web site is http://www.capefearkitefestival.com/.  Fly in front of the Shell Island Resort, website is http://www.shellisland.com.

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16

Third Saturday -

23

 

30

 

 

 

December 2013

7

First Saturday -

14

 

21

Third Saturday -

28