Kites News

PELEE ISLAND Canada's southernmost community wants to fill its skies with kites and its land with visitors.

Kite flying might seem an archaic, corny, passe pastime, but that might be to only those who don't know how high tech -- and even extreme -- the activity has become.

One day, Blaize Monostory noticed a man flying a kite in his neighbourhood park.

Pictured here in flight is a block-printed kite constructed by Al Stark, who will host a Saturday morning workshop at the Ellwood House Visitor Center.

The Spin Master Air Hogs Wind Chaser motorizes the string pulling needed to fly a kite.

DEKALB – Area residents may catch themselves looking up to the sky quite often this weekend.

Waynesboro Parks & Recreation and 2 Guys Flying are presenting a day of family fun at Coyner Springs Park.

The latest craze at the fourth annual Kites Over Lake Michigan festival will be the release of sky lanterns.

The saying 'Go fly a kite' may be taken as a challenge this week. 1 of 4 Michael Alvares of Australia walks with his cellular box kite after flying it at Dieppe Kite International yesterday.

New Delhi, Aug 15 : When it comes to celebrating a day, how can Delhiites be left behind and what can be a better option than kite flying to symbolise freedom on Independence Day? The Delhi Independence Day celebrations include only merrymaking and festivities, no rituals at all.

The saying 'Go fly a kite' may be taken as a challenge this week. 1 of 4 VIKTOR PIVOVAROV/TIMES & TRANSCRIPT Michael Alvares of Australia walks with his cellular box kite after flying it at Dieppe Kite International yesterday.

TAKE FLITE: One of the many visual treats of San Diego is seeing the kites flying at Mission Bay Park.

Once or twice a month, members of the Fly Pittsburgh Kite Club gather where no one has to grow up.

DAY FOR KITES: Family of the late Ralph Pecchia gather at Bretton Point State Park to honor his memory.

The streamlined, graceful creature soars high into the sky, then banks swiftly, diving for the ground at breakneck speed.

Blue skies and a strong breeze made Friday an ideal day for kite flying, and some residents made the most of it.

Question: What are those purple boxy things hanging from roadside trees this summer? - D. M., Caledonia, Livingston County Answer: Those purple things - they look like plastic prisms or box kites - are emerald ash borer traps hung by state conservation officials.

If you spend much time driving in rural Wisconsin this summer, you'll likely see something resembling a purple box kite hanging in an ash tree along the road.

GEORGE BOWDITCH Kites of all sizes, shapes and designs filled the skies over Swift Current during another colourful Windscape Kite Festival.

Look up in the sky! Is it a bird or a plane? No, it's not Superman but hot air balloons, stunt kites and sky divers at the annual Michigan Challenge Balloonfest.