Kites have been around for thousands of years and they are a part of many
different cultures around the world. There is a lot of information available on
the web concerning the history of kites, so we will not duplicate that
information here. We suggest that you use your favorite search engine to find
this information. (Search on the phrase "History of Kites"). From an
aerodynamics point of view, two of the most important users of kites were the
Wright brothers. In 1899, as they were
developing their theories for the control of an aircraft by using wing warping, they built a small maneuverable
kite to verify their ideas. Between 1900 and 1903 they would often fly their gliders as unmanned kites at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. These
experiments led directly to their successful 1903 aircraft. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/kite1.html
different cultures around the world. There is a lot of information available on
the web concerning the history of kites, so we will not duplicate that
information here. We suggest that you use your favorite search engine to find
this information. (Search on the phrase "History of Kites"). From an
aerodynamics point of view, two of the most important users of kites were the
Wright brothers. In 1899, as they were
developing their theories for the control of an aircraft by using wing warping, they built a small maneuverable
kite to verify their ideas. Between 1900 and 1903 they would often fly their gliders as unmanned kites at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. These
experiments led directly to their successful 1903 aircraft. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/kite1.html
There is multiple videos of kite surving going wrong.