news.netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!news.funet.fi!funic!convex!salanne Subject: Bantam is Back! Message-ID: <1992Oct22.175324.14245@nic.funet.fi> From: salanne@convex.csc.FI (Simo Salanne) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 92 17:53:24 GMT Organization: Finnish Academic and Research Network Project - FUNET Organisation: STACK Finland In the beginning of June (1992!) Walker Aumann was disappointed because The Bantam was not anymore available... ** Subject: Re: Bantam (was Re: I want to buy a kite!) ** Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1992 19:47:30 GMT ** jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) writes: ** ** >In article <1992Jun3.051453.14391@cco.caltech.edu> walkera@cco.caltech.edu ** > (Walker Aumann) writes: ** ** >[Bantam] ** >>Does anyone out there know where I can find one of these? I've checked the ** >>local area, and a couple distributors (Air Circus and Cobra Kites), and ** >>haven't found one. ** ** >Weird. I wonder if this means that Tim Benson is no longer producing the ** >kite. (I would have expected Air Circus to be able to get one for you). ** ** >Into the Wind had the Bantam in the '91 catalog; dunno if it's in the '92. ** It isn't. ** ** >Unfortunately, I've no idea who the current Highflyers US distributor is, ** >so I can't help too much... ** Go Fly A Kite. They don't have it either. ** ** >Jeff ** Sigh. ** Walker ** Good news: The Bantam is back! I just got some stuff from from The Leading Edge/Fizz Sport Kites (UK) and the new catalog. Tim is making The Bantam again and Martin is selling it for 79.95 GBP. Smooth Winds Simo Salanne = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!umd5!syrinx.umd.edu!jeffy Subject: Re: Bantam is Back! Message-ID: <16269@umd5.umd.edu> From: jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) Date: 22 Oct 92 21:37:53 GMT Organization: University of Maryland at College Park In article <1992Oct22.175324.14245@nic.funet.fi> salanne@convex.csc.FI (Simo Salanne) writes: >** Subject: Re: Bantam (was Re: I want to buy a kite!) >** Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1992 19:47:30 GMT >** jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) writes: Simo, don't you have anything better to do with your disk space?! ;-) > >Good news: The Bantam is back! I just got some stuff from from >The Leading Edge/Fizz Sport Kites (UK) and the new catalog. >Tim is making The Bantam again and Martin is selling it >for 79.95 GBP. This *is* good news! And, most interestingly (to me, at least), with a straight conversion, isn't that around $160US? That's only $15 more than list on an El Nino, and the same price as a Little J (3/4 Jacana)! And with Carrington and Beman, that's pretty wild. Of course, import costs may jack it up some. We'll have to see what Robber Sugarmand does... Thanks for the info! Jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka | "Show what you are / Be strong, be true | | | Time for you to / Be who you are." | |jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu | --Happy Rhodes | = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: salanne@convex.csc.FI (Simo Salanne) Subject: Re: Bantam is Back! Message-ID: <1992Oct23.101349.19319@nic.funet.fi> Date: 23 Oct 92 10:13:49 GMT Organization: Finnish Academic and Research Network Project - FUNET Organisation: STACK Finland In <16269@umd5.umd.edu> jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) writes: >In article <1992Oct22.175324.14245@nic.funet.fi> salanne@convex.csc.FI (Simo Salanne) writes: >Simo, don't you have anything better to do with your disk space?! ;-) Sure, the other half (105 MB on home computer) is a backup of the first 105 MB. So I have 2 copies of old rec.kites articles!!! That's the only way _I_ can do backups. >> >>Good news: The Bantam is back! ... >This *is* good news! And, most interestingly (to me, at least), with >a straight conversion, isn't that around $160US? That's only $15 more Just now Oct 23rd at 10:03 GMT the GBP/USD rate on the financial market is at 1.6313/23 which would be around 130USD. GBP was devaluated recently. Let's see where it goes... >Thanks for the info! Smooth Winds Simo = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =