Did You know: during WW2, kites were used to fly antenna lines into the air. This setup in particular was designed to be deployed from a life raft by air crews who had to bail out, in order to signal rescue. The kite "line" was actually a thin metal wire that served as the antenna. Taken at the Kite Museum in Long Beach, WA
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