A kite is a tethered toy that flies. Here, we see two boys working together to get their kites to fly. They were taking advantage of the newly cleared lot on Horse Pen Creek Road, at the apartment complex across from Proelific Park. They made a great team, working persistently to get the red and blue kites airborn. 

Kite flying is an effortless way for children to learn about lift, pressure, drag force, force vector, and other constructs from aerodynamics and physics. Such was the child’s play of West Virginia native and former NASA engineer Homer Hickam. Closer to home, the Wright Brothers’ venture was to get heavier-than-air crafts to fly. They spent three years at the Outer Banks of North Carolina experienting with achieving powered flight.

While they come and go in fashion, kites have been around for well over 2,000 years. We encourage you help teach a young person to fly a kite, and perhaps do so yourself this spring– while the winds are still whipping around. Now, how about a round of Tuesday Trivia? In what show did they sing “Let’s Go Fly a Kite?” For the answer and other interesting details about the song, click through to this Wiki page. Finally, if you got your taxes filed, you might want to celebrate by singing along here.