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Science question: Who invented kites? Benjamin Franklin invented the very first kite. ... Who was the person who invented kites? Which three countries invented the kite? What is the mans name that invented the kite? Who invented the idea for kites and parachutes? What was the name of the man who invented the kite?
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wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_kites
wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_kites
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The kite comes to us from the Chinese. They were flying them some 2800 years ago. A link can be found below.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_the_kite
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Kite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A kite is a flying tethered aircraft that depends upon the tension of a tethering system. The necessary lift that makes the kite wing fly is generated when air (or in some cases water) flows over an...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite
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When was the kite invented? ... It is commonly accepted that the kite was invented in China. However, there is significant reason to believe that the kite may have developed in the Indonesian archipelago and the islands of the south seas around the same time that the kite was emerging in mainland China.
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best-breezes.squarespace.com/origin-of-kites/
best-breezes.squarespace.com/origin-of-kites/
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The kite is mainly, but not only, a plaything. It has contributed to science and production. The first planes were shaped after the kite. In 1782, Benjamin Franklin, noted American scientist and statesman, studied lightning and thunder in the sky with the help of a kite and then invented the lightning rod.
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www.chinavista.com/experience/kite/kite.html
www.chinavista.com/experience/kite/kite.html
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The inventor of the kite is Johnny Appleseed. You may know him for his apple-seeding trait, but after the first state he crossed, he wanted something clever that made his journey more fun. He made a (basically) prototype of our modern kite....
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080317170...
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So, who invented kite surfing? Many people, many times over, and a long time ago. But in my opinion this current sport of kite surfing came honestly from windsurfing enthusiasts and their industry with a subtle yet persistent nudging from the sport kite/traction kite world.
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www.doomwheels.com/articles/kswho.php
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The history of kite flying is a long tale stretching back over 3000 years long before the written word and many theories have been suggested as to how the kite was invented.
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www.kiteman.co.uk/KiteHistoryBothPages.html
www.kiteman.co.uk/KiteHistoryBothPages.html
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The para-gliders that brought back the first space capsules to earth were are development of the Rogallo Kite invented by Francis Rogallo in 1948...
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www.kiteman.co.uk/DidYouKnow.html
www.kiteman.co.uk/DidYouKnow.html
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