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    Fighter kites are kites used for the sport of kite fighting. Traditionally, most are small, unstable single-line flat kites where line tension alone is...
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    while flying. After its introduction into India, the kite further evolved into the fighter kite, known as the patang in India, where thousands are flown...
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  • Dragons Fighter kite, a type of kite used for the sport of kite fighting Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, a Japanese professional baseball team Fighter: The...
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  • The Kite Fighters is a 2000 historical children's novel that was written by Linda Sue Park and illustrated by her father Eung Won Park. It was first published...
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    polystyrene kite Fighter kite Indoor kite Inflatable single-line kite Kytoon Man-lifting kite Rogallo parawing kite Stunt (sport) kite Water kite The structural...
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    Chapi-chapi (category Kites)
    the Thai "female" kite called pakpao, to the Patang or Indian fighter kite, and to the Nagasaki Hata or Matt Star fighter kite. The kite shown in the 1999...
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    Bow kite Kite Stunt kite Kite surfing Kite landboarding Kite buggying LEI kite Arc kite Parafoil Power kite Windsports Kite types Kite mooring Kite applications...
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  • Manja (string) (redirect from Manja (kite))
    Manja (or manjha) (IPA: /maːŋdʒʱaː/) is an abrasive string used to fly fighter kites, mainly in South Asian countries. Made when a cotton string is coated...
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    is relative to the activity and purpose. Kite-fishing requires speed. Feather kites Fighter kite Figure kites (mimic shape and appearance of animals, insects...
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  • Kite types, kite mooring, and kite applications result in a variety of kite control systems. Contemporary manufacturers, kite athletes, kite pilots, scientists...
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    Rokkaku dako (category Kites)
    traditional six-sided Japanese fighter kite. Traditionally, it is made with bamboo spars and washi paper. The rokkaku kite is often hand painted with the...
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    fighter kites, known in India as patangs, to cut down other kites during kite fighting events. On the second night of the festival, illuminated kites...
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    influenced the wide variety of sports, with indigenous sports such as fighter kite and boat racing being popular in some regions. Other indigenous sports...
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    into India, the kite further evolved into the fighter kite, which has an abrasive line used to cut down other kites. Man-carrying kites are believed to...
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    landmark of Ahmedabad. The restaurant is named Patang, literally a "fighter kite" in Gujarati language. It was designed by an architect Hasmukh Patel...
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  • of flying kites (such as water kites, bi-media kites, fluid kites, gas kites, kytoons, paravanes, soil kites, solid kites, and plasma kites) have niche...
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    Kites have been popular in Thai society for a long time. Since the Sukhothai period, King Ramkamhaeng fully supported kite flying, so kites became a main...
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    the Saab 35 Draken supersonic fighter. It became known by the unofficial nickname Lilldraken (Little Dragon or Little Kite). Its first flight was on 21...
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  • The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Benioff and based on the 2003 novel of the same name...
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  • aeronautical kite system topics. Topics included below specially affect the kite's wing, kite's essential tether, kite's mooring, uses of kites, kite applications...
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    into India, the kite further evolved into the fighter kite.[citation needed] Traditionally these are small, unstable single line flat kites where line tension...
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    3, 2023. Layton, Jeff (May 4, 2016). "From pterodactyls to flying fighters, kites are more fun than ever". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 3, 2023...
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    R. Patil, protesting against the use of glass-coated manja (used on fighter kites), which kills birds who become entangled in it. In 2018, however, she...
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  • Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of...
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    The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation...
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    which the previous contestant's song ended. Fighter kites are known as patang in India. In many others, kite flying takes place mainly during specific festivals...
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  • Air Force was a fighter-bomber squadron based at Paya Lebar Air Base, the squadron goes by the motto "Dare To Excel" with the black kite adopted as its...
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    include Rancho Niguel, Marina Hills, Concord Hill, Niguel West, Niguel Summit, Kite Hill, Rolling Hills, and San Joaquin Hills. Interstate 5 travels along the...
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    competitive kite flying and boat racing.[self-published source] Combating fighter kite flyers trying to slash each other's carefully sharpened kite-string...
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  • April 1922 – 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew...
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