Although now best known for inventing the telephone, in the early twentieth century many people believed that Alexander Graham Bell invented the first airplane. His first flight, in fact, was in 1908, five years after the Wright brothers’.
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The most famous kite flyer of all, Benjamin Franklin, conducted his big experiment in June of 1752 in secret with only his son as an assistant because he loathed the ridicule that he would have to endure if the experiment failed.
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In 1833, a British meteorologist, E. D. Archibold, started using kites to lift anemometers to measure wind speed at various altitudes.
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The oldest form of maneuverable kite was developed in Asia, and uses one string rather than two to control it. Traditionally this sort of kite is made from tissue paper and bamboo.
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One of the strangest uses of kite power was developed by schoolmaster George Pocock. In 1822, he used a pair of kites to pull a carriage at speeds of up to 20 miles per hour. Some of his kite trips were recorded at over 100 miles.
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There are many varied websites about the large & exciting world of Kiting. Until now though, there's never been on that covers all aspects of it, including kiting's exciting and turbulent history.
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Without a kite and a ten-year-old boy named Homan Walsh, the Niagara Falls Bridge would not have been built in 1847. The problem the engineers of the day faced was how to get the first line across the steep cliffs, rapids and swirling winds.
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By the late nineteenth century kites were being seen as serious scientific instruments. Kites were seen as a good starting point in the development of powered, heavier-than-air flying machines.
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Through the centuries, no nation has embraced kites more enthusiastically than Japan. Buddhist monks probably brought kites to Japan from China and Korea between the sixth and eighth centuries.
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