Tag Archives: history

Issue 38: Ben Franklin’s Electric Kite – Part 1

To many kitefliers and to the rest of the non-flying world Benjamin Franklin is considered [...]

Issue 35: Conyne Kite Celebration

The World Kite Museum is sponsoring a Conyne Kite (and its derivatives) Celebration Friday, May [...]

Issue 31: Of Royalty and Friends

You got a favorite Kite? No, not that new one you bought a couple of [...]

Issue 9: Euro Racing Buggies

The latest European Racing Buggy Designs (There’s method in the madness!) We have all seen [...]

Issue 9: Sportkite History

It has come to my attention that there is an interest in the history/evolution of [...]

Issue 9: Tangents and Trivia

Chapter Nine – You Want To Do What? This chapter really starts way back in Detroit, [...]

Issue 5: Kites…Life

The Schoolyard Bully, The Village Idiot, and Kiting on the Internet Provocative title, eh? After [...]

Issue 5: Tangents and Trivia

A History Lesson CHAPTER FIVE – “HOW FAR WILL YOU DRIVE FOR A KITE FESTIVAL?” The [...]

Issue 5: Kite History 101

MOVING ALONG! George Pocock and the Beginnings of Modern Traction Kiting. One of the more [...]