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  2. Kite - Wikipedia

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    A kite is a tethered heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create lift and drag forces. [2] A kite consists of wings, tethers and anchors. Kites often have a bridle and tail to guide the face of the kite so the wind can lift it. [3]

  3. Kite types - Wikipedia

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    Leslie Hunt's book, 25 Kites, includes a yacht-kite plan. [379] Youth kites Kites for the very young. Also beginner kites, kid kites, kiddie kites. Kites suitable for the very young are almost always small single-line kites using cotton kite line. [380] Festivals sometimes have a category called "youth kites". [381]

  4. Soft single skin kite - Wikipedia

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    Soft single skin kites are the least complex of all the power kites. The best known design is the NASA Parawing or NPW. For more, see rogallo wing. This is a very simple kite with mixed performance. It has excellent pull, but is slow to maneuver and suffers from a limited wind window.

  5. Peter Lynn - Wikipedia

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    He spends much of the year travelling worldwide and displaying his kites at International Kite Festivals. [2] Lynn, together with his wife Elwyn, established a kite business at Ashburton, New Zealand, in 1971, producing single-line kites for children. In 1974 he developed the Peter Lynn Triangular box kite, a framed triangular form cellular ...

  6. Traditional games of Korea - Wikipedia

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    Kite flying. Kite frames are generally made of bamboo, with paper attached. Most kites, rectangular or stingray-shaped, are tethered with string on a reel. Kite flying is a traditional winter game for children and adults. There is a period of kite flying from New Year's Day to Daeboreum, [8] after which the kite string is cut for it to fly away ...

  7. Category:Children's books about kite flying - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Children's books about kite flying" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.

  8. Scott sled - Wikipedia

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    A Scott Sled is a type of kite developed in the early 1960s by Frank Scott of Ohio and based on the sled kite, an earlier design by William Allison, [1] also based in Ohio. In 1964 it was featured in Kite Tales, the newsletter of the American Kitefliers Association; as a result it became much more widely known.

  9. Kite running - Wikipedia

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    Kite running is the practice of running after these cut kites to try to capture them when they come down. Typically the custom is that the person who captures a cut kite can keep it. In cities and towns, the bigger and more expensive looking the kite, the more people can usually be seen running after it to try to capture it as their free prize. [1]