Fun Facts About Kites
Fun Facts About Kites See below for instructions on how to make a kite. Great for kids, Cub Scouts, Beavers, Boys Brigade, and parties. Follow me on Twitter for daily Historical Fun and #OnThisDay tweets. https://twitter.com/HistoricalFun Part One - Smallest, Biggest, Highest, Fastest 1) People were flying kites 1,000 years before paper was invented. 2) There are over 50 million kites sold in the USA every year. 3) The smallest kite in the world which actually flies is 5mm high. 4) The largest number of kites flown on a single line is 11,284, this record is held by a Japanese kite maker. 5) The longest kite in the world is 1034 metres (3394 ft). 6) The largest kite in the world is the Megabite 55 x 22 metres (630sq metres). 7) The fastest recorded speed of a kite is over 120 mph. (193 km/h). 8) The record for the highest single kite flown is 3801 metres (12,471ft). Part Two - Uses for kites other than fun 1) For centuries kites hav...