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Let's Fly a Kite! It is believed that the first kites were flown over 3000 years ago and were made of leaves. 1,000 years before paper was invented. Kite flying was banned in Japan in 1760 because too many people preferred to fly kites over work. Kites are used for things such as scaring birds, fishing, forecasting the weather, and frighten away evil spirits. In East Asia, kites are given to bring people happiness, good luck, prosperity, and cure illness. In 1901 Marconi used a hexagon kite to transmit the first radio signals over the Atlantic. In World War 2, the Royal Air Force issued kites to pilots as part of a rescue kit that included a dingy and a folding box kite called the Gibson Girl, which enabled them to send SOS signals from a portable transmitter with the kite line acting as an aerial. Kite flying is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. There are more adult kite flyers than children. The idea of airplanes and flights were derived from the theory of flying kites. Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers. In 1826 there used to be a stagecoach service between London and Bristol using kites instead of horses. Recreate Remotely! INVER GROVE HEIGHTS PARKS & RECREATION

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Let's Fly a Kite!

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