How "World Kite Day" Began

The historic 1985 summit meeting of Presidents Ronald Reagan of the USA and Mikhail Gorbachev of the USSR marked a significant step towards peace between the super-powers.

The spirit of that meeting inspired One Sky One World (OSOW) founder and Colorado kite maker, Jane Parker-Ambrose to create a kite commemorating this new promise of global harmony.

The flags of the USA and USSR are joined on the face of the kite.

Halley's comet, which revisited the Earth in 1986 for the first time in seventy-six years, is shown as a portent of peace.

On a "people-to-people" visit to Moscow in the Fall of 1985, Jane presented her kite along with a letter of friendship, signed by some 300 kitefliers from the USA, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom to the Soviet Women's Peace Committee.

This gesture of global goodwill gave birth to the idea for One Sky One World, which has become widely recognized in the USA and internationally each year on the second Sunday of October as "World Kite Day".

Since its inception in October 1986, hundreds of thousands of people have attended One Sky One World events in more than 30 nations.

The 18^th Annual One Sky One World will take place on Sunday, October 9^th, 2005.

Avon Kite Flyers will be joining in the global celebrations (and it is also our birthday!) by holding the October Fly-In at Ashton Court on the second Sunday of the month (9^th), not the first Sunday as usual.

The fun starts at 1pm and we also intend to run an ‘American Supper’ (like we do for the Christmas Party), so please bring along some food and drink to share. And don’t forget your kites!!