American Kitefliers Association

That's a one-of-a-kind Cassagne-style ring made by Pete Dolphin. It won the Member's Choice prize at the AKA convention in Dayton in 2003.

Yes that is Peter's Kite, I've helped him assemble it a couple of times.I doubt he would sell it. He has 3 different crowns.
   There was a RWB large Crown entered in competition at the Des Moine AKA convention in 2006. I can't remember the makers name but I remember he machined the special fittings from oak. The center sail was red and white stripes.  Hope this helps .

CLIFF

That's a really interesting picture.  It's actually two (2) of Pete's kites being flown at one time - one inside the other - I haven't seen that before.  The larger is the the Freedom Ring.  And inside that is the Moon kite. 



Here's the moon by itself.


And here's Pete assembling Freedom - for size comparison.


The copy of Pete's Freedom Ring was made by Roy White of Missouri.  Unfortunately the only reference to that kite never acknolwedge that it is a copy of Pete's kite, much less acknowleging Andre Cassagnes as the original designer who improved upon Alexander Graham Bell's work.



There was recently a workshop led by Willi Koch in Germany where 28 of these kites were made over 2 weekends.  Amazing stuff.  A couple sets of pictures.

http://www.henrys-drachenwiese.de/br.2012.html
http://www.stevi.de/workshop20.html

Unfortunately the fittings necessary to build one of these are not commercially available in the US.  For awhile Jimbos Swanson (Swanson Kites) was casting them but no longer.  I just bought a set of Jimbo's fittings and am planning on making one of these this winter as it has been on my build list a long time.

http://www.kitebuilder.com/forums/viewt … mp;start=0

So,how much does a kite like that go for?? $$$..and how would go about getting one?

In further searching I learned that the RWB crown kite (similar to Peters )I mentioned above was made by Roy White from Mo. . If your an AKA member you can look up his contact information in the membership listing.

CLIFF

@Cliff - I mentioned Roy in the middle - as he just copied Pete's kite I did not include a picture.

The last one of these to sell in the US went for $1200.  A striking but simple graphic.



You would have to commission a kitebuilder to make one if you wanted one.