History and fun-facts aside, just pick a day when a soft breeze strokes your face but doesn’t blow your hairpiece off. When it comes to world history, kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers large kites were banned in East Germany so a man couldn’t be lifted over the Berlin Wall kite flying was banned in China during the Cultural Revolution and those found flying a kite were remanded to jail for up to three years and their kites destroyed and of course we have all learned that our own Benjamin Franklin used a kite to verify that lightning was, indeed, electricity. The purpose of the first kites flown thousands of years ago was to lift offerings and give thanks to the gods for good harvests, weather, and prosperity. 196850 inches high the longest kite in the world is 3,394 feet long the longest “kite fly” is 180 hours some Japanese kites weigh over two tons the highest a single kite has ever flown is 13,600 feet above sea level and the fastest recorded speed of a kite is over 120 mph. Would you believe the largest kite on record created by New Zealand kitemaker Peter Lynn and validated by Guinness is almost 138 feet by 81 feet? And here’s a bit more high-flying trivia: The smallest kite in the world that actually flies is.
In addition to the classic designs of our youth, there are now stunt kites, in-the-wind competition kites, and kites in myriad shapes and sizes. And kitemakers have become increasingly creative as the sands of time have been whisked away. Although it’s said kites were first made in ancient China with silk and bamboo, other lore tells of kites being crafted from leaves over 3,000 years ago.īut whatever flies-your-kite, this primordial creation has yet to be upstaged by a video game when it comes to easy outdoor fun. The origin and purpose of the first kites flown thousands of years ago, even 1,000 years before paper was made, was to lift offerings and give thanks to the gods for good harvests, weather, and prosperity. Kite flying is a great way to connect an entire family to a spectacular breezy day in open fields, meadows, hilltops, and other picturesque places in the Hudson Valley.
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