A patriotic theme kite festival organized for the public's enjoyment. <a href="http://www.midwestwindskitefliers.org/festivals.html" TARGET="_blank">Click here to return to "Festivals". http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0391edited-1800/104255263_CmPq2-Ti.jpg http://elmon.smugmug.com/gallery/1677738_oEtPi/ 2006-10-21T08:14:50Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com">elmon</a><br />This 500 square foot lifting kite is very powerful and has been known to drag a 3/4 ton crew cab pickup across the parking lot. It flys on 5,000 pound test kite line.</p><p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/1677738_oEtPi#104255263_CmPq2" title="This 500 square foot lifting kite is very powerful and has been known to drag a 3/4 ton crew cab pickup across the parking lot. It flys on 5,000 pound test kite line."><img src="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0391edited-1800/104255263_CmPq2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This 500 square foot lifting kite is very powerful and has been known to drag a 3/4 ton crew cab pickup across the parking lot. It flys on 5,000 pound test kite line." title="This 500 square foot lifting kite is very powerful and has been known to drag a 3/4 ton crew cab pickup across the parking lot. It flys on 5,000 pound test kite line." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T20:10:47Z elmon http://elmon.smugmug.com http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0391edited-1800/104255263_CmPq2-Th.jpg 2003-07-06 16:11:44 <p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com">elmon</a><br />A beautiful patriotic rok kite.</p><p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/1677738_oEtPi#104255273_mHVwE" title="A beautiful patriotic rok kite."><img src="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0377edited-1800/104255273_mHVwE-Th.jpg" width="122" height="150" alt="A beautiful patriotic rok kite." title="A beautiful patriotic rok kite." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T20:11:06Z elmon http://elmon.smugmug.com http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0377edited-1800/104255273_mHVwE-Th.jpg 2003-07-06 13:48:02 <p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com">elmon</a><br />Dragon kite with a banner in the foreground.</p><p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/1677738_oEtPi#104255284_z9sEg" title="Dragon kite with a banner in the foreground."><img src="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0380edited-1800/104255284_z9sEg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="Dragon kite with a banner in the foreground." title="Dragon kite with a banner in the foreground." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T20:09:08Z elmon http://elmon.smugmug.com http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0380edited-1800/104255284_z9sEg-Th.jpg 2003-07-06 13:48:54 <p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com">elmon</a><br />This "flag" is made of red, white & blue streamers and is very large.</p><p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/1677738_oEtPi#104255295_wMrtF" title="This "flag" is made of red, white & blue streamers and is very large."><img src="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0381edited-1800/104255295_wMrtF-Th.jpg" width="122" height="150" alt="This "flag" is made of red, white & blue streamers and is very large." title="This "flag" is made of red, white & blue streamers and is very large." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T20:08:09Z elmon http://elmon.smugmug.com http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0381edited-1800/104255295_wMrtF-Th.jpg 2003-07-06 14:11:23 <p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com">elmon</a><br />Todd rescuing his kite from a kite eating tree!</p><p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/1677738_oEtPi#104255310_YNjf3" title="Todd rescuing his kite from a kite eating tree!"><img src="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0383edited-1800/104255310_YNjf3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Todd rescuing his kite from a kite eating tree!" title="Todd rescuing his kite from a kite eating tree!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T20:14:24Z elmon http://elmon.smugmug.com http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0383edited-1800/104255310_YNjf3-Th.jpg 2003-07-06 14:31:29 <p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com">elmon</a><br />Launching Don Murphy's 500 square foot lifting kite.</p><p><a href="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/1677738_oEtPi#104255325_Xj93i" title="Launching Don Murphy's 500 square foot lifting kite."><img src="http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0387edited-1800/104255325_Xj93i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Launching Don Murphy's 500 square foot lifting kite." title="Launching Don Murphy's 500 square foot lifting kite." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T20:09:27Z elmon http://elmon.smugmug.com http://elmon.smugmug.com/Kites/Midwest-Winds-Kitefliers-Red/IMG0387edited-1800/104255325_Xj93i-Th.jpg 2003-07-06 16:10:21