Astern, raised by the speed of a ship moving into the wind, a box kite lifted.
It is based on the box kite, an invention of Hargrave's.
There was the sensation of striking something with no more real substance than a box kite.
This experiment was widely reported and established the box kite as a stable aerial platform.
But five thousand box kites, ready for assembly, twelve feet by three feet?
Gradually, over the next few hours, the world's foremost box kite took shape.
Ahead, the box kite was a bright star.
Minutes later the plane, looking like a box kite, was climbing above the Bayport field.
Its appearance has been said to resemble a two-tailed box kite.
She saw a couple of kids flying a box kite in the big field behind the grammar school and actually laughed aloud.
