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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. American Kitefliers Association - Wikipedia

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   The American Kitefliers Association also regulates competitions and other kite events all over the country. Fliers of precision sport kites, which can make sharp turns and do tricks, are judged both on ballet style choreographed flight and also on how well they conform to prescribed precision flight patterns. [3]

4. Bermuda kite - Wikipedia

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   A Bermuda kite is a kite made using traditional geometric designs, are quite colorful, and is an art form as much as a recreational tool. They are traditionally flown in Bermuda only at Easter. The kites are typically hexagonal, though larger examples, particularly, may be octagonal, or have even more sides. They are constructed from flat ...

5. Peter Powell (kite maker) - Wikipedia

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   Peter Trevor Powell (29 June 1932 – 3 January 2016) [1] was a British kite maker who developed a steerable kite in 1972, using dual lines. The kite that made him famous is known as the "Peter Powell Stunter". It became an international bestselling kite in 1976. [2]

6. Kite control systems - Wikipedia

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   The kite hang glider is readying for being a kite in two ways; during kiting tug by the ultralight powered hang glider trike the system is a long-line kite being towed; then upon release from tug, the kite hang glider is a short-kite-lined free-flight kite with a dominant aim of gliding.

7. 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 ...

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9. Wright Glider - Wikipedia

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   During this time it made between 50 and 100 free flights, in addition to tethered flights as a kite. Operating from Big Kill Devil Hill once again, the new glider now had a 22 feet (6.7 m) wingspan, a chord of 7 feet (2.1 m), a wing area of 290 square feet (27 m 2 ), and weighed 98 pounds (44 kg).