Dean Jordan - Chief Technician. Educated in the US Navy, Dean Jordan is a major shareholder and Vice President of KiteShip Corporation. A kite builder and competitive kite flyer from a very early age, Mr. Jordan holds a number of records, achievements and trophies in the field of sport stunt kiting, all prior to 1988. Mr. Jordan has been among the world's few professional kite designers, flyers and demonstrators since he was a teenager; he derives all of his income from kiting.
As a professional designer, Mr. Jordan personally developed many of the innovative features and details of stunt kites during their heyday in the 1980's. Mr. Jordan's company, Jordan Air Kites, was the first to build ultra light kites and the first to design and build hyper-lightweight kites for indoor (windless) kiting in the 1990's. Mr. Jordan also designed what was to become a world standard for single-line large ram air kites, the Jordan AirForm kite.
In the field of traction kiting, Mr. Jordan was amongst the first to perfect kites for kite land sailing (kite buggies), held a number of world and national records and trophies in that field and came into strong demand as a test pilot, trouble shooter and design critic for numerous kite making companies, both on land and on water.
Mr. Jordan studied under master kite designer Peter Lynn in New Zealand, helped Bruce Flora create his Kiteman Productions kite extravaganza company in Florida and has trained professional dancers, skaters and entertainment performers in the physics and art of kite flying in Japan, Russia, South America, and throughout Europe and America. There are Dean Jordan fan clubs in both Japan and Venezuela.
Mr. Jordan stays active within organized kiting by being a member of the American Kiteflyers Association, as well as helping to run the North American Buggy eXpo and event held every March/April on Ivanpah Dry Lake using traction kites.
In 1998 Mr. Jordan was invited to join KiteShip Company on a consultancy basis to design, fabricate and fly at that time the world's largest ram-air traction kite. He joined KiteShip permanently in 2002 as its Senior Vice President and a major shareholder, though he still consults in both stunt kiting and exposition flying, worldwide. His major application at KiteShip are as test pilot, trouble shooter, kite designer, and kite builder. Also logistics coordination, computer and networks coordinator and general dogsbody.
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