Portsmouth International Kite Festival 2005

27th - 29th August

This event took place on Southsea Common, Southsea, Hampshire on Saturday 27th, Sunday 28th and Monday 29th August and is jointly run by the Kite Society and Portsmouth City Council.   This year we had a spectacular display of large inflatable kites with such notable kite fliers as: Jos Valcke (Belgium); Marco Casadio (Italy); Michel & Sophie Depuijdt (Belgium), Avon Kite Fliers and Brighton Kite Fliers.

Other attendees included:

From Holland: Robert and Heleen Valkenburg (The Wind Gallery); Otto Vossen, Bas Vreeswijk and Ruud Kugel.

From France: Generation Kites, Team FLIC

From Germany: Rainer Hoffmann, Bernard Dingwerth

From India: Team Mangalore

From Italy: Claudio Capelli

From Spain: Pedro and Estoban Gonzales

From the U.K. The Flying Squad; Team Spectrum; The British Buggy Club; Close Encounters; George Webster and Andy King on commentary.