Kites have been in use for three hundred years and not only as great things to play with on windy days. The first kites were invented in China, where they were used for religious purposes, for fishing, for sending signals and for lifting people into the air. This last use makes the kite the first real air craft in history. It is also the longest lasting. As recently as 1904 the British Army began using kites to lift observers up in the air to get a good view of a battlefield or see what enemy troops were doing.
Kites are still used today to hoist radio aerials from life-rafts and save shipwrecked sailors or pilots who have been forced down over the sea.
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