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2. Military radio antenna kites - Wikipedia

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   The King kite, somewhat modified, was renamed and became standard Signal Corps equipment, available in two types. Kite KI-2 was the smaller at 6 feet high by 6 feet wide, while KI-3 was 7 1/2 by 7 1/2. Both had spruce sticks with a rim of 32 gauge stranded wire, with a covering of "light slate-colored percale".

3. Samuel Franklin Cody - Wikipedia

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   Man-lifting War Kite designed by Cody. It is not clear why Cody became fascinated by kite flying. Cody liked to recount a tale that he first became inspired by a Chinese cook; who, apparently, taught him to fly kites, whilst travelling along the old cattle trail. [9]

4. Man-lifting kite - Wikipedia

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   A man-lifting kite is a kite designed to lift a person from the ground. Historically, man-lifting kites have been used chiefly for reconnaissance. Interest in their development declined with the advent of powered flight at the beginning of the 20th century. Recreational man-lifting kites gradually gained popularity through the latter half of ...

5. Fixed-wing aircraft - Wikipedia

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   Kites were the precursors to the traditional aircraft, and were instrumental in the development of early flying craft. Alexander Graham Bell experimented with large man-lifting kites, as did the Wright brothers and Lawrence Hargrave. Kites had a historical role in lifting scientific instruments to measure atmospheric conditions for weather ...

6. Unpowered aircraft - Wikipedia

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   Man-lifting kites were used in ancient China and Japan, often as a punishment for prisoners. Unmanned hot-air balloons and toy "bamboo-copters" are also recorded in Chinese history. The first manned free flight was in a hot-air balloon built by the brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier in Annonay, France in 1783.

7. Kite applications - Wikipedia

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   Kites have been used for scientific purposes, such as Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment proving that lightning is electricity. Kites were the precursors to aircraft, and were instrumental in the development of early flying craft. Alexander Graham Bell experimented with very large man-lifting kites, as did the Wright brothers and Lawrence ...

8. List of infantry weapons of World War I - Wikipedia

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   Pattern 1913 Enfield rifle, pre war development abandoned due to war; Machine guns. Berthier M1908 machine gun [7] (Air cooled version) Berthier M1911 machine gun [7] (Water cooled version) Caldwell M1915; Darne M1916 machine gun; De Knight M1902/17 [7] DWM Parabellum MG 13 [13] (A combination of water cooled version and air cooled version)

9. Sergey Ulyanin - Wikipedia

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   A “kite train” of 7 to 10 conjoined kites of his design could lift four people. In 1904, Ulyanin started research in remote control of aircraft, ships and land vehicles (in 1910 he patented a technology of remote control and in October 1915 a radio-controlled boat of his construction sailed from Kronstadt to Peterhof ).