2L-Drachenland

Dortmund from above

Now when the weather is starting to get a bit more pleasant- not just for taking aerial photos- I’ve managed to catch some aerial photograph by use of a kite.

With decreasing south-west wind – is it not always that case: you hardly have the kite in the air, the wind drops? – firstly at the former blast furnace plant on Phoenix-West and secondly at the new development area in Dortmund-Mengede.

Here are the results:

 

Hochofenwerk Phoenix West
Blast furnace Phoenix West in Dortmund

 

Hochofenwerk Phoenix West
Blast furnace Phoenix West in Dortmund

 

Neubaugebiet "Erdbeerfeld"
New development area “Erdbeerfeld” in Dortmund with view to the west

 

Die Ausrüstung
Flare + KAP-equipment

 

The kite

In both cases I chose the flare, which in the gusty wind conditions showed the better results in terms of stability and load-bearing capacity compared to the delta .

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