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2. Kite applications - Wikipedia

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   A kite has two essential parts: wing and tether line. In kite fighting, the kite line plays a huge part in the activity. Sport kite fighting is perhaps 2000 [citation needed] years old; participation worldwide is high. [26] North American Kite Fighter Association (NAFKA Archived 29 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine) Trawl-board and paravane ...

3. American Kitefliers Association - Wikipedia

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   The American Kitefliers Association (AKA) was created in 1964 by Robert M. Ingraham of New Mexico.Its purpose is to educate the public in the art, history, technology, and practice of building and flying kites and advance the joys and values of kiting in all nations.

4. Gayla Industries - Wikipedia

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   Gayla Industries, Inc. was founded in 1961 primarily as a manufacturer of plastic keel-guided delta-wing kites that require no tails, as well as latex balloons. Their kites are sold worldwide in toy and hobby stores. [2] The company owns several patents on their tail-less keel-guided kite designs. [3]

5. Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are endangering lives and ...

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   Kite flying was so popular that kids called school vacations “the time of kites,” Luiz Antônio Simas, a historian who specializes in Rio's popular culture, told a packed bar near the Maracana ...

6. Kite - Wikipedia

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   Spring Festival) or Basant, kites are flown throughout the year. Kite fighting is a very popular pastime all around Pakistan, but mostly in urban centers across the country (especially Lahore). The kite fights are at their highest during the spring celebrations and the fighters enjoy competing with rivals to cut-loose the string of the others ...

7. Kite types - Wikipedia

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   Kite flying has been enjoyed for thousands of years in South Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The goal is to cut off the rival kite (usually flown by someone on a neighbouring rooftop). In order to cut the "enemy's" kite line, a very strong fishing line, prepared with glue and powdered glass covers some length of the kite line or wire. The ...