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Kites
The
kite was developed in China in about 1000 BCE. This woodcut from about 1618
is the earliest known illustration of a conventional tailed kite. Large kites
were used to lift people, and in 1825 Martha Pocock was lifted into the
air under a kite flown by her brother George. This was the first flight of a
woman using a kite, although Madame Thible was the first woman to make an aerial
voyage in a hot-air balloon piloted by M. Fleurant.
Alexander Graham
Bell also explored kites as a prelude to designing aircraft. Sketches from
his notebooks shown below depict a human carrying box-kite. |
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