Kite Articles

During the last twenty five years The Kite Society has produced the publication "The Kiteflier". There have been many kite related articles published. As time permits this page will be expanded with articles from the pages of the magazine.  Some of these articles require that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.  To obtain a copy use the link below.

Name The Kiteflier Date of Publication
Delta Kites (PDF 92K) Issue 88 July 2001
Delta Kites Diagrams (PDF 72K) Issue 88 July 2001
Sled Kites - An Overview (PDF 394K) Issue 90 January 2002
Why Won't It Fly (PDF 44K) Issue 91 April 2002
Equation Derivation for Above Article (PDF 632K)

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Bird Kites (PDF 449K) Issue 92 July 2002
Origins of Gibson Girl Kite (PDF 215K) Issue 93 October 2002
The Golden Years of Kites (PDF 310K) Issue 94 January 2003
Flat Kites - Part 1 (PDF 2,622K) Issue 96 July 2003
Flat Kites - Part 2 (PDF 4,860K) Issue 96 July 2003
History of Kites in the West (PDF 425K) Issue 97 October 2003
Invention of the Kite (PDF 415K) Issue 98 January 2004
Exceptional Kites (PDF 1,694K) Issue 99 April 2004
Soft Kites (PDF 2,502K) Issue 102 January 2005
Some Points on Kite Flying (PDF 56K) Issue 103 April 2005
Kite Tails (PDF 249K) Issue 104 July 2005
How Kites Fly (PDF 441K) Issue 105 October 2005
How Kites Fly, Faults and Actions (PDF 459K) Issue 106 January 2006
How Kite Fly - An Alternative View (pdf 66K) Issue 107 April 2006
The Use of Kites for Fishing (PDF 804K) Issue 109 October 2006
Why Kites Fly - A Reply (PDF 88K) Issue 110 January 2007
Kites and the Wrights (PDF 728K) Issue 111 April 2007