Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 08:35:40 -1000 From: Peter Loop Message-Id: <4asf5s$4nm@ornews.intel.com> Organization: Intel Subject: Re: Answer - Trivia Question #3 (full reply) Sorry for the multiple posting, I had a system crash :( Dave The Glite, was more like a Peter Powell then a Hi-Fly! The Hi-Fly was an Eddy kite, the Glite has a molded plastic nose piece that acted at a dihedral and held the leading edge rods. The spine and leading edge rods were wood dowels. The instructions described 3 ways the Glite could be used 1) It could be bridled as a single line kite 2) It could be bridled as a dual line kite 3) It could be flow as a glider With many hours of "Glite-Flying" I can say it did all 3 well. But as to it being the first commercial stunt kite? I think you have to go much earlier. - Also in the early 60's there was a delta configuration stunner that only flew dual line and came with a plastic winder. The Name escapes me right now - Spalding did sell the Garber Kite as a toy (for $5 no less) after WWII. Check out the review in the May '49 issue of Popular Mechanics (this date is from memory - I have a copy of the article) - A two-line, Box kite (the Arrow-something) was available even before that! - There are references to and patents for controllable two kite for sea rescues in the late 1890's - And there are suggestion the Native New Zealanders used two line kites Much like the origin of the kite, the origin of the stunt kite is unclear. Good Winds Peter Loop Peter_H_Loop@ccm2.hf.intel.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 19:19:27 -1000 From: kitestuff@aol.com (KITESTUFF) Message-Id: <4atksv$983@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Re: Answer - Trivia Question #3 (full reply) Re. the first stunt kites. The first 4 line stunter was a box kite advertised in a 19...teens issue of "Boys Life" for Boy Scouts. It showed the kite being stunted as we know it today, in patterns. Len Conover at KiteLines showed a copy a few years ago. Bill Tyrrell = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 21:39:48 -1000 From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) Message-Id: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation Subject: Re: Answer - Trivia Question #3 (full reply) Peter Loop writes: >But as to it being the first commercial stunt kite? I think >you have to go much earlier. >[...] > - And there are suggestion the Native New Zealanders > used two line kites We seem to have established that Peter Lynn wasn't the first buggier and that he wasn't the first to use a cross bridle. Do we now need to prove that he didn't invent the stunt kite? *grin* Andrew -- http://www.kfs.org/kites is having some reliability problems. We will shortly be upgrading CPU, disk and OS to address this. Don't post about splitting rec.kites. Wait for the RFD and CFV. Fancy stitches are for girls. Real men use 5mm straight stitch only. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 21:24:38 -1000 From: daveculp@bdt.com (Dave Culp) Message-Id: Organization: Beckemeyer Development, Oakland CA Subject: Re: Answer - Trivia Question #3 (full reply) In article , andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) wrote: > > We seem to have established that Peter Lynn wasn't the first buggier > and that he wasn't the first to use a cross bridle. Do we now need > to prove that he didn't invent the stunt kite? > > *grin* > > Andrew Yes, dammit! -- ################################################################### Dave Culp Speedsailing | e-mail to: daveculp@bdt.com 312 Flaming Oak Drive | Pleasant Hill, CA 94596 | http://www.bdt.com:80/home/daveculp/speedsail.html #################################################################### = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =