KITE HISTORY FACT OF THE DAY:

Kites have a long and interesting history. Used as cultural expressions, scientific aids, instruments of communication and war, artistic displays and as pastimes and playthings, the kite is a global device that seems to transcend time. Over the vast scope of history, kites have been used in a wide variety of ways.

Kite History Fact of the Day:

Lawrence Hargrave of Australia develops the Hargrave Box multi-celled kite. A number of different and original designs are tested by Hargrave. His work with box kites and the aeronautics surrounding their flight is widely published. It becomes a major influence on the developers of powered flight. -1892 and onward. Detailed by T.C. Roughley in his 1937 study of 'The Aeronautical Work of Lawrence Hargrave'.

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