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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. T
his 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.