[Milsurplus] Gibson Girl Kite,

[J. Forster]

At 20 knotts, I doubt you could hold the string or the kite would buckle.

-John

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> At 12:54 PM 8/10/2012, J. Forster wrote:
>>These are great kites. You need leather gloves to hold the string. They
>>fly very well.
>
> Yes, they do!   Reminds me when we flew one from our Tin Can on its
> way back across the Atlantic from the Med.
>
> (in response to the EMO (electronics maintenance officer) suggesting we
> check out our emergency radio gear instead of sitting around the ET
> shop!)
>
> The ship was in it's 4 ship squadron formation and doing 20+ knots.
>
> Boy, was he sorry!  (and the Flagship commodore who saw the whole thing)
> :-)
>
> Ah, the memories.   A great funny story, but too long to be repeated here.
>
> Perry  w8au
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