Kite
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TARGET/DIAMOND
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0067.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SPALDING, A.G. & BROS.
- MODEL
- MK.I
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FABRIC COVER/ WOOD FRAME, RUDDER,PARTS/ STRING/ METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 155.0 cm
- Width
- 50.2 cm
- Height
- 31.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SPALDING
- 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 "TARGET KITE. MARK I/ U.S. NAVY 3-C-29/ U.S. ARMY M-9/ PATENT APPLIED FOR/ RESTRICTED/ A.G. Spalding & Bros. Inc. [SCRIPT]"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- GREY COVER/ BLUE PAINTED & UNFINISHED WOOD/ WHITE & BLACK STRING/ BROWN BUTTONS
- Decoration
- BLACK AIRCRAFT WITH GERMAN? SYMBOLS ON WINGS PRINTED ON FABRIC
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SPALDING, A.G. & BROS., Kite, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 2003.0067, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0067.001/
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