This is the favourite hideout for dragons of all nations, colours and races, their masters and their servants. Here they find shelter from those who might slay them. The rocks may be cold and hard, but our fire breathing friends will warm you, whilst resting their mighty wings. If you know of any dragon kite which belongs here, but is still missing, let me know at: g.donker_duyvis@planet.nl  or better, send me a picture! Of course my own little creature is hanging out here, when he is not busy guarding the dungeons under my house. More photo's can be found at: gallery1 For the bravest of heart there is a building plan for this dragon at: dragon Don't try it unless you have a fair amount of kite building and flying experience! This baby Dragon soft kite was built by Andreas Jaehnke, famous for his beautiful and BIG soft-kites. Nicknamed "Flitze Feuerzahn" this must be the cutest baby in the sky.  This magnificent kite was built by  John Huxtable from Glastonbury Somerset in the West of England. This is certainly the most appropriate place to fly a dragon, since this is where King Arthur had his palace and court. The kite is 5 metres wing span and 9 meters head to tail, It has an inflatable body and is all ripstop nylon and carbon fibre spars. It flew for the first time at the Bristol Kite Festival in September 2000 having taken most of the previous winter and spring to design and build.  Photograph courtesy of aeolian. This picture was taken at the Scheveningen kite festival some years ago. It was built and flown by Jurgen Ebbinghaus from Germany Traditional Chinese dragon kite, also known as centipede kite. These kites can be several hundreds of meters long. A bit differed from our western ideas of a dragon, but in contrast with most of our dragons the chinese ones predicts good fortune.  Scary dragon kite by Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig, on this picture flying from one line, but it can also be flown as a (slow) stuntkite on two lines. The kite on the picture seems to be a bit simplified version of the huge original one. Photo by Ralf Maserski. This is Dave Holts totally soft dragon kite. It has a wingspan of 5 metres and took him 2 months to design and build.  The "Beautifull Evil" by Joel Scholz, a quad line stunter based on the Rev, and the only dragon kite I know that has been commercially available (by Sky Delight kites). It is not in production anymore.  A wondefull kite by Harald Weissgerber, built to the example of my own dragon. (Yes, I did wonder why he took so many photographs already ;-)   This dragon is built by Jeoff Campbell from New Zealand. The picture was taken during its first flight at the annual Easter festival of the NZKA. It won him a third prize in the competition. Quad-line dragon kite built by Peter Gobber from Austria, based on a picture of the Beautifull Evil  in Drachenmagazin. And another  member of Peters dragonfamily. He used the fabric of a paraglider and the ideas from this website.  Nice detail:The body is removeable - kept by press-buttons. It can be also used as a windcatcher. The size is 440 cm wide and over 500 cm long. Help our legendary scaly friends, as an endangered species they deserve their own charity fund. Click on the button to find out more about this noble initiative.