The festival, hosted each year by MCC-Longview during National Kite Month, will feature power kites, mega-kites and stunt kites as well as a 600-pound American-flag-themed kite and a massive ...

And speaking of power, boy do these kites pull – particularly when the wind gets blowing. The kites have a fixed length of cord. His largest kite has 72 feet of cords; the smaller one, 60 feet.

Take flight where flight first began with Kitty Hawk Kites and the Wright Brothers National Memorial. Large 30 – 100-foot kites will be flying high on display.

His power kites are expansive -- in detail and size -- 12 metres, three-dimensional structures designed to pull Jansch across the desert or the snow at up to 83 kilometres per hour ...

In any event, it's an extreme sport that's putting a whole new spin on the phrase "Go fly a kite." It's so new, they haven't even settled on a name for it.

It involves maneuvering a semicircle-shaped kite that pulls the rider along land, ice or water at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour. ... Power Kites on Onondaga Lake. View the Slideshow >> ...

Power, mega and stunt: Kite fans will see an impressive array at Lee’s Summit fest By Janice Phelan Special to the Journal. April 10, 2024 5:00 AM.

It’s one of three power kiting sports that emerged since the 1970s. The first was kite buggying, which is a three-wheeled chair that people use to fly and leap off of beaches.