Kite Facts
1. The longest kite in the world is 1034 meters (3394ft).
2.The largest kite in the world is the Megabite 55 by 22 meters(630sq meters).
3.The record for the highest single kite flown is 3801 meters(12,471ft).
4.The world record for the longest 'Kite fly' is 180 hours.
5. Kite flying was banned in china during the cultural revoulation anyone found flying a kite was sent to jail for up to three years and their kites destroyed.
6.Kite flying was banned in Japan in 1760, because too many people preferred to fly kites than work.
7. The aeroplane is a development of the kite.
8.Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
9.More adults in the world fly kites than chuldren.
10. There is at least one kite festival every weekend of the year in some part of the world.
11. kite flying is one of the fastest growing sports in the world.
12. In the orient, kites are given to someoneto bring them happiness, good luck, prosperity and cure illness.
2.The largest kite in the world is the Megabite 55 by 22 meters(630sq meters).
3.The record for the highest single kite flown is 3801 meters(12,471ft).
4.The world record for the longest 'Kite fly' is 180 hours.
5. Kite flying was banned in china during the cultural revoulation anyone found flying a kite was sent to jail for up to three years and their kites destroyed.
6.Kite flying was banned in Japan in 1760, because too many people preferred to fly kites than work.
7. The aeroplane is a development of the kite.
8.Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
9.More adults in the world fly kites than chuldren.
10. There is at least one kite festival every weekend of the year in some part of the world.
11. kite flying is one of the fastest growing sports in the world.
12. In the orient, kites are given to someoneto bring them happiness, good luck, prosperity and cure illness.
13. One of the longest Chinese Dragons we have seen flying was over 600 meters long.