The KAP community have been sending a large banner around the world, allowing KAP enthusiasts to take photos incorporating the banner. People are then expected to add their name and location to the banner, and then send it on to the next participant.

I received the banner in the mail a number of weeks ago, but due to a lot of travel and other committments, and non-ideal weather conditions for kite flying, I was not able to get a kite in the air until yesterday.

Take note of the dark clouds in the background in these first few photos!

Samantha

Bob Blackburn Reserve, Seville Grove, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

camera rig about to head upwards

Bob Blackburn Reserve, Seville Grove, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

In the photo above, my 10 year old son Nicholas is holding my recently rebuilt radio control transmitter. I recently re-boxed it in a custom box, to make it smaller and more portable. Details of this re-boxing, along with photos, are available here.

selfie

Bob Blackburn Reserve, Seville Grove, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

World Wide KAP Community Project banner

Bob Blackburn Reserve, Seville Grove, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

After having the kite in the air for about 10 minutes, it started drizzling. The kids quickly packed up the banner and put it in the car, out of the rain. I walked down the line, removed the camera rig from the line and got my daughter to put it in the car before it got wet (I use a naked GoPro - without the weatherproof enclosure, and hence didn't want it to get wet).

Samantha smiling for the camera as I am about to remove it from the kite line

Bob Blackburn Reserve, Seville Grove, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

I then walked down the rest of the line and removed the kite. By this time, the rain was coming down a bit harder, so the kite was also dumped in the car. Winding the kite line was done under an umbrella, in heavy rain! As the kite was quite wet, I hung it from the washing line at home, to allow it to dry out before packing it away.

9' Levitation Delta kite hanging out to dry

home, Western Australia

We had to add our name and details to the banner, and after consultation with the rest of the family, we decided on an outline of Australia, with a couple of typical animal silhouettes - a kangaroo and an emu.

It has been a real family effort - with my 10 year old son and 7 year old daughter helping launch the kite and holding the banner while photographing it from the air, and my 14 year old daughter did the drawing on the banner.

our addition to the banner

home, Western Australia

detail of our addition to the banner

home, Western Australia