Kite
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TARGET/DIAMOND
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0066.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- MK.I
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FABRIC COVER/ WOOD FRAME, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC RUDDER/ STRING/ METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 155.2 cm
- Width
- 51.4 cm
- Height
- 28.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940S
- Canada
-
SPECIMEN FROM CANADIAN COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL KITES. MR. YVES LAFOREST IS KITE COLLECTOR & FLIER FROM MONTREAL AREA. - Function
-
KITE MANUFACTURED TO BE MANEUVERABLE AERIAL TARGET USED TO TRAIN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS. IT COULD BE FLOWN AT RANGE OF 150-200 YARDS & WAS FLOWN FROM GUNNERY RANGE OR TOWED BY VEHICLE ON LAND, OR FLOWN FROM SHIP AT SEA. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF TARGET KITE DEVELOPED DURING WORLD WAR II FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERY TRAINING. KITE'S CONSTRUCTION WITH CONTROL BAR RUDDER MADE IT MANEUVERABLE & PAINTED AIRCRAFT ON FABRIC SIMULATED ENEMY AIRCRAFT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK PRINTED LETTERING ON FABRIC READS "U.S. NAVY TARGET KITE MARK I/ PATENT APPLIED FOR"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BEIGE COVER/ BLUE PAINTED & UNFINISHED WOOD/ WHITE STRING/ PINK STRING/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC RUBBER
- Decoration
- BLACK AIRCRAFT WITH RED DOTS ON WINGS PRINTED ON FABRIC
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Unknown Manufacturer, Kite, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 2003.0066, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0066.001/
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