Tag Archives: history
History of Sport Kite Competition – pt 3
The American Kite Magazine National Stunt Kite Circuit The American Kite Magazine National Stunt Kite [...]
Jul
History and Geometry of Kites
Lesson by Jacqueline Kemp and Alan W. Pritchard What does congruent mean? What does symmetry [...]
Jun
Drachen – Perusing a Kite Archive
Perhaps the following images and details from articles will spur some of you to action. [...]
Jun
History of Sport Kite Competition – Pt 1
The Wanderings of a “Kite Addict” [box type=”note” style=”rounded” border=”full”]Editor’s note: This is the first [...]
Apr
Drachen Archives: Japanese Prints
Scott Skinner has one of the most unique collections of Japanese prints in the world [...]
Mar
Issue 73: Hi-Flyer kites, An Appreciation
Ask me what I know about Decatur, IL, and I’ll tell you that that’s where [...]
Aug
Issue 73: Alox Kites and the Man Who Made Them
In terms of “bang for the buck,” not many toys could equal the Boomer-era dime-store [...]
Aug
Issue 72: Drachen Archives: A Collection of National Treasures
It is a bit humorous to talk about “humans” being artifacts and treasures, but such [...]
Jun
Issue 71: Origin of the word “KITE”
Numismaster.com posted an article recently about the origin of the word ‘kite’. The beginning of [...]
Apr
Issue 70: Drachen Archives – German Submarine Rotary Wing Kite
Having attended the High Altitude Wind Power symposium at California State University in Chico, I [...]
Feb
Issue 66: Drachen Archives – Gold for the Serious Kite Researcher
On a recent trip to the National Art Education Association convention, held this year in [...]
Jun
Issue 62: The Kite That Bridged Niagara
Mighty Niagara Falls, once known only to the local Native Americans, was being transformed. Sightseers [...]
Oct
Issue 59: Drachen Archives: Kites in Mexico
Being A Part of Kiting History with the Drachen Foundation Drachen seems to always be [...]
Apr
Issue 57: Drachen Archives – A Cody
On October 16, 1908, cowboy showman and kite enthusiast Samuel Franklin Cody became the first [...]
Dec
Issue 50: Drachen Archives
The following story tells of an interesting experiment with kites performed by Dr. Alexander Graham [...]
Oct
Issue 46: Drachen Foundation Archives
Is a replicate Blue Hill Box kite part of the DF Archive? No. The recently [...]
Feb
Issue 45: The Remaking of a Legend
Introduction I had been building and flying what I thought were real Eddy style kite [...]
Dec
Issue 42: Dave’s World
I’m honestly not sure how many times I have been to Berck. I was first [...]
Jun
Issue 40: AKA Corner
Who has the biggest? The fastest? The longest tail? Kitefliers, like most other people, seem [...]
Feb
Issue 39: Ben Franklin Project (part 2)
After collecting all my “evidence” about Franklin’s claimed Electric Kite Flight (see Part 1 – [...]
Dec
Issue 39: World Kite Museum
What’s happening at The World Kite Museum (WKM)? Well… Actually, a fair amount! Way back [...]
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