Kite Applications - Transportation

Transportation

• George Pocock's contribution being illustrated.

• Painting of kite tugging wheeled vehicle.

• Getting around in a kite buggy.

• Transport people up into the sky with man-lifting kites for observation, entertainment, photography, recreation.

• Man-lifter kite designed by Samuel Franklin Cody (1867–1913). As war kite observation of enemy, raising antenna.

Long-distance travel across land, ice, and sea started centuries ago, but today significant tasks of moving people and goods from point A to point B are occurring; this is so in great part from the advances in kites and kite systems designs and technology, better understanding of winds, and use of computers and GPS. In 1889 kite sailing was carefully instructed via controlling large kite systems towing boats: Aerial Apparatus

Free-flight cross-country hang gliding kites both in the hang glider style and the paraglider style are permitting trips of hundreds of miles; records are recorded by the FAI. George Pocock (inventor) was an early pioneer in kites for transportation. NASA continues to explore free-flying kites for delivering goods to earth surface and non-earth planet surfaces, including Mars. The severe projects for using very large kites to sail cargo ships is currently underway; KiteSail(tm) and KiteShip (tm) along with a series of patents and improvements in control of large ship-carried kite systems aim to save significant fuel. Kiting one's kayak is getting a significant following A. Kinsman – kite kayaking tutorial..