This is the World Kite Museum, it was really very cool. Lots of variety and information, who knew.
Now we are at the World Kite Museum and this is a Barrage Kite, it protects U.S. Convoys and British Destroyers. How cool is that for a bit of kite… 
Cool a build it yourself kite kit. Just make the one hanging from the bits on the table… I wonder who working here is responsible for taking it back apart nightly when someone succeeds. 
This original Conyne kite is 100 years old. The print on the right side of the kite says: ?CONYNE KITE? BEST IN THE WORLD AWARDED Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals AT ST. LOUIS WORLDS FAIR Oct. 22nd 1904… 
Here is the full text… 
Look at al the kites… And all the space for more. Cool. 
More kites and more space… 
These are from all over Asia. They are into kites big time. 
A big bird kite… A very big bird, trust me. 
This is a frog kite. A good one for Kareena… 
A face not even a mother could love. 
Cool a shark kite… 
Ok, a flying fish kite… Go figure… This one is huge! 
This looks like a miniture of one of the Wright brothers designs. 
The American barrage kite was designed by Harry Sauls of the U.S. War Shipping Administration to be flown on piano wire lines 2000 feet long. The wires were strong enough to shear the wings off enemy plans attempting to strafe convoys… 
The British used a lethal barrage kite for protecting their destroyers. They attached bombs to the wires. The impact of the attacking aircraft drew the bomb across the plane exploding on impact. 
Info on the Arctic Mail Kite… 
Arctic Mail Kite. Paul Garber created this modified 3-cell Conyne kite for an aerial system to be used on ships in which kites supported a horizontal line. A messenger container was attached to the line and an airplane floew over the line trailing a grapnel which snatched the line thereby securing the container. 
Gibson Girl Kite Saves Lives. In the second World War, every life boat carried a box kite like the one above as standard equipment. The kite flew to raise the aerial so signals could be transmitted for sea rescue. A hand generator operated by G.I. sent the S.O.S. 
This is a target kite. This kite has a rudder and can be steered. Saw a video of this in action it was pretty cool. The bundle on the floor actually hooked on to a guy with a harness and he flew the thing around about 250 yards out. At that distance the target simulated the size of a real plane. 
Kites Collect and Send Data. On aircraft carriers at the beginning of WWII, kites like this one were used to collect weather information for meteorological data neccessary for launches and landings… 
Look a Benjamin Franklin action figure. A nice addition to Library Woman and Barrista Girl/Boy action figures. 
Some fighter kites. These guys try to wreck the others kites. Sounds kind of mean to me… 
More kites, likely also fighter kites… 
And more…