How to Fly a Kite

A kite is a flying object that is heavier than air.

A kite consists of a frame, a skin covering the frame and a long string that is held by the user.

A kite becomes airborne when the wind pressure between the kite and the ground lifts the structure into the air. The tilt of the plane surface of the kite causes a lesser air pressure to occur behind the kite’s upper surface than the pressure created by the wind on the under-surface.

Kites have been used as signals, experimental instruments in atmospheric measurement and as play objects dating back many thousands of years.