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Resources

 

Kite Trivia - On April 4, 1976, Kazuuhiko Asaba Kamakura, flew 1,050 kites on a single line. . .a world's record.


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Internet Sites:

Just for the love of kiting

The Virtual Kite Zoo

Beginner's Guide to Kites

Kitez.com

Kites.org

Extensive kite plans

The Drachen Foundation.html

PlaneMath - Kite Plans

Kites and Kite Flying

Sewing Kites

Kite plans for single line kite and other information about kites ( Partially in German)


Books:

There are some books on reserve in the Student Library and at Cary Memorial Library. These books may not be checked out, but may be used in the library.

Dolan, Edward, The Complete Beginners Guide to Making and Flying Kites, Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1977.

Downer, Marion, Kites, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co. N.Y., N.Y., 1959.

Marks, Kites for Kids, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co. N.Y., N.Y., 1980.

Mouvier, Jean Paul, Kites, Franklin Watts, Inc., 1974

Thomas, Bill, The Complete World of Kites, J.P. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1977

Wiley and Cheatle, Dynamite Kites, Tab Books Inc., 1988

Yolen, Will, The Complete Book of Kites and Kite Flying, Simon and Schuster, N.Y., N.Y., 1976

 

A special thanks to Jack Paarlberg who passed this project on to me when he retired from teaching.

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