Where to fly a kite? - South Bay
Michael Coulter
Can anyone suggest a good place to fly a kite anywhere between San Jose
and Palo Alto? Perhaps someplace on the bay that gets good wind?
-- Michael Coulter
Chuck Fry
>Can anyone suggest a good place to fly a kite anywhere between San Jose
>and Palo Alto? Perhaps someplace on the bay that gets good wind?
How about Windy Hill Open Space Preserve, an aptly named park with
great views of both the ocean and the bay? It's on Skyline between
Page Mill and Old La Honda roads. Well worth the drive.
-- Chuck Fry Chu...@charon.arc.nasa.gov
Mark Young
>Can anyone suggest a good place to fly a kite anywhere between San Jose
>and Palo Alto? Perhaps someplace on the bay that gets good wind?
shoreline park has a kite flying area. take the shoreline exit, drive
toward the bay, you can't miss it (since you run directly into it).
...myoung
Dave Louie LaPlant
There's always people flying kites in Shoreline park, by the golf course.
Take the Shoreline exit off 101, as you enter the park, they're usually just
to your right.
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Linda Hill
>
>Can anyone suggest a good place to fly a kite anywhere between San Jose
>and Palo Alto? Perhaps someplace on the bay that gets good wind?
>
>-- Michael Coulter
I already mentioned Shoreline to you in email, but I thought of another
one people may not be aware of. I've seen people flying kites in the
(football?) fields at the Twin Creeks softball complex. From 101, take
237 towards Milpitas, then Lawrence Expressway, then Carribean (I think - this
is from rusty memory). I used to play softball there, and it is definitely
windy.
Michael Coulter
in Mountain View. Actually it might be two places near each other.
Here are the two sets of directions I got:
Yes, there is an excellent kiting area rite at the edge of the bay in
Palo Alto. I forget the name of the park, maybe shoreline. You take
(going N on 101) 101 to the San Antonio exit, go right, then go until you
see the park, about a block. You have to walk about .75 miles around the
hills to the back side of the park near the bay. Always has excellent
wind for stunt or other types of kites. Make sure you have strong string
or wire, or the wind will tear them. There are often other people
kiting there which makes for some fun and games with other kites.
Good kiting!
and:
Try Shoreline Park in Mountain View. If you drive your car in about
as far as you can go, you go past the golf course and end up at a
small lake used by windsurfers and sailboaters. It gets *very* windy there
sometimes, maybe too windy. In any case, it's a nice park in general, and
I'm almost positive they allow kite flying.
-- Michael Coulter
Mike Khaw
>A couple of people have written to me and suggested Shoreline Park
>in Mountain View. Actually it might be two places near each other.
>Here are the two sets of directions I got:
The 2 sets of directions describe 2 ways to get to basically the same
place. Trails from Shoreline Park connect with the Baylands Preserve(?)
in Palo Alto.
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John Fereira
>As nice as Shoreline is as a park, it is also in the flight path of Palo
>Alto airport, so long stringed kites are a bad idea.
>
Wasn't there a situation a little while ago where a girl was actually pickup
off the ground when a plane hooked on to her kite? It think it was a couple
of years ago although I'm sure where it happened (it was in the bay area
though). In any case I was reminded of it when I recently read about Timex
asking to use the young girls adventure in one of their commercials.
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Mark Young
>In <6560...@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com> cou...@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (Michael Coulter) writes:
>>A couple of people have written to me and suggested Shoreline Park
>>in Mountain View. Actually it might be two places near each other.
>>Here are the two sets of directions I got:
>The 2 sets of directions describe 2 ways to get to basically the same
>place. Trails from Shoreline Park connect with the Baylands Preserve(?)
>in Palo Alto.
I'd also like to point out that there is a good flying area just inside the
gate on the left...a small parking area (10-12 cars) marks the spot.
David Whitney - GDP
Alto airport, so long stringed kites are a bad idea.
Bayfront Park at the end of Marsh Rd in Palo Alto/Menlo Park is also a
windy park, not as pretty as Shoreline, but larger open spaces, and
rarely crowded.
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Dan Arias
airplane. She let go and the airplane kept the kite.
I forgot if it was Shoreline or somewhere else. The upshot
was that the local authorities made a rule about how high
people could fly their kites.
As a practical matter, the final approach to Palo Alto
airport from the south is from 500-600' to the ground from
about 2-3 miles south of the runway (runway 30). The kites
I've seen fly at about 100-200' so this should be no problem.
--Dan
Redwood Shores, California
Ed Falk
>There was a case of a little girl getting snagged on a
>airplane. She let go and the airplane kept the kite.
>I forgot if it was Shoreline or somewhere else. The upshot
>was that the local authorities made a rule about how high
>people could fly their kites.
That rule was always there; she was breaking it (hey, she's a
ten-year-old kid, how could she know?)
Anyway, she didn't let go at first, and got a free airplane ride. It's
a miracle she didn't get killed. Luckily, she landed in the bushes and
was relatively unhurt. The plane, on the other hand, took $10,000 in
damage (so they say) -- I saw the photo of what the kite string did to
the propeller.
>As a practical matter, the final approach to Palo Alto
>airport from the south is from 500-600' to the ground from
>about 2-3 miles south of the runway (runway 30). The kites
>I've seen fly at about 100-200' so this should be no problem.
I've been as low as 400' over the park if you're talking about the
part of the park nearest to the airport. You have to fly a kite
pretty high to snag a plane, but as you see, it isn't impossible.
-ed falk, sun microsystems
sun!falk, fa...@sun.com
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Ken Lee
|> >airplane. She let go and the airplane kept the kite.
|> >I forgot if it was Shoreline or somewhere else. The upshot
|> >was that the local authorities made a rule about how high
|> >people could fly their kites.
|>
|> That rule was always there; she was breaking it (hey, she's a
|> ten-year-old kid, how could she know?)
|>
|> Anyway, she didn't let go at first, and got a free airplane ride.
Did this really happen? I remember that the original report was pretty
suspicious. What kind of kite string is strong enough to lift a 50
pound kid? Her father originally claimed they were using high-test
fishing line, but I think he later admitted that it was just a hoax.
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Ed Falk
>|> Anyway, she didn't let go at first, and got a free airplane ride.
>
>Did this really happen? I remember that the original report was pretty
>suspicious. What kind of kite string is strong enough to lift a 50
>pound kid? Her father originally claimed they were using high-test
>fishing line, but I think he later admitted that it was just a hoax.
Maybe the airplane ride was a hoax, but I don't think the whole
incident was. The newspaper photo did show a pretty badly gouged
propeller snarled with kite string.
Bill Spikes
bigger for snagging SR-71s. If the line was in good shape, 150 lb line
could probably launch a 60-70 lb kid tied onto an airfoil kite. The kite
manufacturer recommends up to 250 lb line for some of these g kites, not kids)
:big'uns.
(Big kites, not kids)
Bill