[Milsurplus] Gibson Girl kite

[J. Forster]

I think both were in short supply during the war, but a kite does not take
a lot of fabric.

Google finds:

http://www.my-best-kite.com/gibson-girl.html

among many others.


-John

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> Silk, that makes sense, John. I recall some of us grade school kiddies
> made
> little
> parachutes out of silk and with a carefully calibrated weight, would
> almost
> not come
> down. -Hue
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Forster
> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 6:47 AM
> To: Hue Miller
> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Gibson Girl kite
>
> The frame is thin wall aluminum tubing, the fabric is something like nylon
> or maybe silk... thin, tightly woven; light but strong.
>
> -John
>
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