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  2. Kite - Wikipedia

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    A man flying a kite on the beach, a good location for flying as winds travelling across the sea contain few up or down draughts which cause kites to fly erratically. There are safety issues involved in kite-flying. Kite lines can strike and tangle on electrical power lines, causing power blackouts and running the risk of electrocuting the kite ...

  3. History of aviation - Wikipedia

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    The history of aviation spans over two millennia, from the earliest innovations like kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight in powered, heavier-than-air jet aircraft. Kite flying in China, dating back several hundred years BC, is considered the earliest example of man-made flight. [1]

  4. Timeline of aviation before the 18th century - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of aviation pre-18th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century begins Aviation portal This is a list of aviation -related events occurring before the end of the 17th century (on 31 December 1700): Antiquity c. 1700 BC Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus explores the desire to fly and the inherent dangers of it. c. 850 BC Legendary King Bladud attempts to fly over the ...

  5. Lawrence Hargrave - Wikipedia

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    Lawrence Hargrave, MRAeS, [1] (29 January 1850 – 6 July 1915) [nb 1] was an Australian engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer. He was perhaps best known for inventing the box kite, which was quickly adopted by other aircraft designers and subsequently formed the aerodynamic basis of early biplanes.

  6. IKAROS - Wikipedia

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    IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency experimental spacecraft.The spacecraft was launched on 20 May 2010, aboard an H-IIA rocket, together with the Akatsuki (Venus Climate Orbiter) probe and four other small spacecraft.

  7. Kytoon - Wikipedia

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    "This was the first real kite balloon flying like a kite with a fairly constant angle and direction relative to the wind and remained practically unchanged until the beginning of the war in 1914-1918." [2] A hybrid kite-balloon was patented by Domina Jalbert [3] in 1944 as patent US2431938 and later became known as

  8. Weifang World Kite Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Folk Craft Experience Hall is an exhibition hall where Weifang International Kite Museum invites professional artists to demonstrate Weifang's local folk craft art (kites, New Year paintings, paper-cuts, etc.) on site, and is equipped with indoor windless kite flying performances. Visitors can appreciate the charm of art in this hall and ...

  9. Man-lifting kite - Wikipedia

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    In the 1820s British inventor George Pocock developed man-lifting kites, using his own children in his experimentation. [8]In the early 1890s, Captain B. F. S. Baden-Powell, soon to become president of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, developed his "Levitor" kite, a hexagonal-shaped kite intended to be used by the army in order to lift a man for aerial observation or for lifting ...