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