Kite Biographies
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Alexander Graham Bell Canadian Bell experimented extensively with tetrahedral kites in his quest of powered, controlled flight. His kite experiments culminated in the... |
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Amie Barcelou Canadian Barcelou produced amazing three-dimensional, structural kites. Heavy, but well executed, his flying creations included skunks, a flying... |
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Anton Bodoczky Son of Hungary’s kite artist Istvan Bodoczky, Anton has distinguished himself as a top-flight kite maker. He has trained in fine arts as... |
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B.F.S. Baden Powell An experimenter with man-lifting with kites in the 1890s he proposed a kite man-lifting system for observation to the British military. Baden... |
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Basir Beria A transplanted Afghan living in Los Angeles, California, Basir continues the kite traditions of Afghanistan. His large fighting kites are adorned... |
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Ben Balsley University of Colorado researcher who used kites in the mid-1990s to sample atmospheric phenomenon. Balsley employed a wing-shaped ferry (... |
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Bill Bigge Most famous for his glider kite that flies backward as well as forward, thus allowing zero-wind flight indoors or outdoors. An accomplished... |
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Charles Benton Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, Benton has taken daring and beautiful aerial photos from kites. Technically... |
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Daniel Baselli Daniel Baselli is a young Canadian art student from University of British Columbia who received a Drachen grant for researching the kites of... |
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Dave Bogie In the late 1980s the kite community was graced by creative photographer Dave Bogie. His tongue-in-cheek KGB, Kite Group Boise (Idaho), was... |