A wonderful, vintage kite flying book on a Gift Quality CD.

A collection of eight {8} vintage publications for successful kite building for both fun or sport.

:: Kitecraft and kite tournaments (1914)

:: A Monograph on the Mechanics and Equilibrium of Kites (1897)

:: A treatise on the æropleustic art (1851)

:: Knots & Rope Work

:: Parakites a treatise on the making and flying of tailless kites (1896)

:: Sounding the ocean of air (1900)

:: The construction and flying of kites (1909)

:: What to Do and how to Do it The American Boy's Handy (1882)

:: Kite Plans & Blueprints Collection



Contents Include:

:: I. General Kite Construction

:: II. Kite Accessories

:: III. Kinds of Kites

:: IV. Plain Surface Kites

:: V. Box-Kites

:: VI. Combined Kites

:: VII. Decoration of Kites

:: VIII. Messengers

:: IX. Moving Devices

:: X. Suspended Figures and Appliances

:: XI Ballons and Parachutes

:: XII. Reels

:: XIII. Aeroplane Models

:: XIV. Gliders

:: XV. Model Aeroplanes

:: XVI. Propellers, Motors, Gears, and Winding Devices

:: XVII. Tournaments

:: XVIII. Tournaments, Continued

:: XIX. Conclusion

:: XX. Bibliography

Includes the forty-one page BONUS book - "Construction and Flying of Kites"