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August 2001 (L) & April 2001 (R) I2K 's sighted at the local kite field (8/19/01)
(photo taken by Sandy Smith)

 

 

Contact Information

Forever Flying, L.L.C.
Decatur Commons
1605-D6A Beltline Rd, SW
Decatur, AL 35601-5597

Link to Directions

Phone: (256) 308-0988
Fax: (256) 308-0658
Email: info@foreverflying.com

Store Hours: Monday-Saturday / 10am-7pm CST
Manager: Shawn E. Donahoo


Member Merchant

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Feel welcome to email me (info@foreverflying.com) with questions or comments.

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Latest Photo's

 

Link to 2002 Kite Trade Show Photo's, Clearwater, FL - Jan. 16-18, 2002

Link to Treasure Island Stunt Kite Festival (FL), Jan. 19-20, 2002

Link to Mississippi Gulf Coast Kite Festival (Long Beach, MS), May 4, 2002

Link to Dauphin Island Kite Festival (AL), Sept. 21, 2002

Link to Mississippi Gulf Coast Kite Festival (Long Beach, MS), May 3, 2003

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Link to Ron Warren's Balloon Festival Kite Photo's - 5/25/02

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Photo's from Sunday 1/5/03 (Sunday Fly at Decatur Utilities):


New Tech Diamonds ($8.95 each)
L to R: RB Jubilee, Red/White/Blue
Link to Diamond Kite Page for more info


Original Midi Sandpiper (Blue Fade) by Chris Matheson 1997
Pre-HQ-Licensed Midi


Three Stacked Conyne Deltas
(Top to Bottom: 11ft Dbl Box Delta, 7.5ft Box Delta, 5.5ft Box Delta)
Shown w/assorted tails


Level One "Jack-In-The-Box" Ghost (White)

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Link to Dauphin Island Kite Festival (AL), Sept. 21, 2002

Link to Dauphin Island Kite Festival (AL), Sept. 21, 2002

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Photo's from Tuesday 9/8/02 (Sunday Fly at Decatur Utilities):

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Link to TrickTailPage

Photo's from Tuesday 8/27/02 (Prism Micron 2002):


Link to Prism Micron 2002 Page

 

Photo's from Wednesday 6/26/02 (Premier/Reza Genki):

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Reza's (licensed) 9ft "Illusion" Genki - $149.95 (6/24/02)

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The only color option now available is Red/Orange/Purple shown

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These photo's show Reza's Genki flown with one and two Kevin Shannon Transition Tails (one Red, one Purple

 

 

Photo's from Saturday 6/15/02 (Elliot Samos 225 Rokkaku):

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Samos 225 shown above with optional 3ft Warm 3-Legged Drogue Spinner

 

Photo's from Saturday 6/8/02 (White Bird 150ft Sun/Moon Dragon):

 

Photo's from Sunday Fly - 5/12/02 (White Sentinels):

 

Photo's from the 3rd Annual Gulf Coast Kite Festival (Long Beach, MS) - 5/4/02

Link to Festival Pictures
Link to more event photo's

 

Photo's from Wednesday's Initial Giant Octopus Fly - 4/24/02

Link to Aquapus Gallery
(click on the eyes to meet the Aquapus)

 

Photo's from Sunday Fly - 4/14/02

 

Sutton 252 (Rainbow) w/Rainbow Streamer Flag Tail & StarBurst (10ft) Laundry

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Fandango

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New for 2002
$59.95

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Hoopty Fighters

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Current Inventory (3/3/02):
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Level One - New Age

(Colors In Stock-2/25/02)
Link to more info.

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Shanti - Killer Bee

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Photo's from Sunday Fly - 2/24/02

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Sutton Flow Form 252 w/9ft Wind Wheel (as tail), 5 Spikey Ball Tubes (as laundry), and 2 Peter Lynn Small (23ft) Octopi (one blue and one purple)

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Sutton 252 w/9ft Wind Wheel (tail) & 5 Spikey Balls (laundry)

 

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Two Peter Lynn 23ft Octopii

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5 Spikey Ball Tubes
(Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple)

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Peter Lynn 23ft Blue Octopus

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Peter Lynn 23ft Purple Octopus

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Colt Sandlin

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Sutton 252 w/130ft Tube Tail
Photo's from Sunday Fly - 2/17/02

Be sure to also check out Jeff Burn's photo's documenting the maiden flight of this 252 in the new Sutton Flow Form 252 Photo Gallery (added 2/22/02).

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Sutton FlowForm 252 (Rainbow)

 

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Sutton 252 w/130ft Space Sock
(6-Pillow Tube, Yellow Spikeyball Tube & 8ft Gleckner Frog flown as line laundry)

 

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6-Pillow Tube Tail

 

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SpikeyBall Tubes

 

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Elliot "Focus" Rokkaku-225 ($249.95) w/Red Spikeyball Tube

 


Joan's 6.5ft High Flyer Delta (Primary) w/4ft streamers and a 15ft tail

 

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Colorful Joan!

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Photo's from Blue Moon Fly - 2/14/02

 

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Mamba-Red/Purple

 

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Mojo-Purple/Gray

 

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Mako-Purple/Blue/Hot Yellow

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Photo's from Sunday Fun-Fly 2/10/02

 

Field of Strings
Decatur Utilities 2/10/02
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Rokkaku (top), Sled (right), and Sutton FlowForm (left)

 


New Tech - Rokkau Extreme ($59.95)

 


Rokkaku Extreme w/65ft Rainbow Tube Tail

 


Rokkaku Extreme w/SpikeyBall Tubes (line laundry)

 

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10ft Striped Parachute (Bol) Rainbow
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6-Pillow Tube (Rainbow)
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HQ "Sleddy" holding its own in 15-20mph
(...well, OK, it does have a little extra tail added...)

 

No time to eat, too many kites to tend -- Shawn w/lunch (2/10/02)

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Photo's from Sunday Fun-Fly 2/3/02


5 Delta's & 1 Box Delta on a cold, rainy, soggy, Sunday (2/3/02)
Premier 6.5ft High-Flyer Delta & 90in Conyne Delta (Green/Blue/Purple)

 


Cold, soggy Delta-flyers on a rainy Sunday (2/3/02)
(Front to Back: Danny Smith, Shawn Donahoo, Joan McKelvy)

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Danny & Sandy Smith's USA Eagle Feather (1/27/02)

 


Marty Stout's "Sting" Warrior (by Peter Betancourt) - 1/27/02


Marty with "Sting" (1/27/02)

 


L'Atelier "Impact" (1/27/02)

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Hummingbird Feeders


Link to Parasol (hand-blown glass)

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Link to Peter Betancourt's "Savage Spirit" Graphic Page.

 


5th Annual New Year's Day Kite Fly (Decatur Utilities)
L to R, Front: Danny Helms, Sandy Smith
L to R, Back: Danny Smith, Shawn Donahoo, Jason (?), Thomas Self, Joan McKelvy, Marty Stout

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Danny Smith w/Voodoo-UL in Gulf Shores (November 2001)

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Danny Smith w/Vapor at Decatur Utilites (December 2001)

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10ft (tall) USA Diamond (Sun-12/9/01):

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13ft (wingspan) USA Delta (Sun-12/9/01):

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Marty Stout's Betancourt Savage Prototype w/Spirit Graphic:

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Danny and Sandy Smith at Gulf Shores, AL 11/17/01:

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(Hold that pose!)

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Five Prism I2K's at Decatur Utilities on 11/3/01:

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Danny Smith and Rick Choate duelling, dual-stack Revolution 1.5's:

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Sunday Photo's (10/14/01)


Danny & Sandy Smith's 3-stack of Revolution 1.5's

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Sunday Photo's (10/7/01)

Photo's by Ron Warren:

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Close-up of Danny Smith's new two-stack of Revolution 1.5 SLE's

 

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Sept 2001 Prism Ilusion2000 (#2 of 50!)

 

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I2k in fade

 

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speedy ground pass

 

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turtle

 

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Lacey with her (and Ken's) Icon

 

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Danny Helms with his 2.3m NasaWing

 

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Danny Smith's Voodoo-UL

 

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Danny & Sandy Smith's 5ft Teal Rokkaku (Kevin Shannon)

 

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David Steed's 9.5m NasaWing (NW350)

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Sunday Photo's (9/30/01)


Shawn getting hoisted by 23.4sq meter NasaWing (Terry & Danny spotting me)
Photo by Sandy Smith

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Link to Archived Photo's

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