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Gayla - Fire Bird Kite
Patent: US
2.785.870
(Fig. 1)
UPS-World Wide brought me April 1st,
2008 the patented Fire
Bird kite. The kite was still in his original box and must be 40 to
50 years old yet. I could not help it, I had to try this kite in
spite of his remarkable age (fig. 1). And I couldn't know that
it was the start of great collection patented and
commercially
manufactured kites.
Flying
this kite I had the same experience as with some of the patented
kites I build myself. It flew, but not perfect! Maybe the wind was
to turbulent this day. The kite flew almost like a fighter kite as
be said on the kite box.
(Fig. 2)
There
is a difference between the patent drawings and the kite Gayla
Manufactured. See the patent drawings below. This proves that it is
not always necessary to follow the patent drawings (fig. 3) as exact as possible by
building patented kites. (How much proof do you need to do
something......) Check figure 8 on the patent drawing and the photo
of this part of the kite below.
(Fig.
3) (Fig.
4)
Gayla - Fire Bird Kite
No. 50 Keel Guided FIRE BIRD
KITE
Made in U.S.A.
Patents
on this kite: US
2.785.870
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