Useful Resources

This page lists a number of additional online resources which we feel would be of interest to both kitefliers and the public alike.  It is split by categories such as Educational Resources for Schools, Kite Science and History, and so on.  It is by no means exhaustive and a web search would find more!  Another good place to look is Facebook.   If you feel a resource is missing and should be added then please contact us.

Kiteplans.org - An index of a large number of kite plans.

Kite Patents - A compendium of Historical Kite Patents    

My Best Kite - Resources for different age groups with easy to make kites.

B-Kites - Plans, Aerial photography and more.

Open Source Kite Plans - A number of Sports kite plans that can be used fo non-commercial purposes.

Swiss Kite Lab - information aimed at light (or no) wind kites.  With plans.

Kite Flying Sites - Google map of some of the many flying sites in the U.K.

Kite Maps - Another site with kite flying locations - also incliudes worldwide sites.

Parachuting Fauna - Information relating to parachuting from kites (for toys only).

World Kite Museum - Washington State based museum.

Tokyo Kite Museum - One of the oldest kite museums specialising in Japanese kites.

Virtual Museum Melaka - Based in Malaysia kites are just one part of this museum.

French Kite Museum - Located near Dijon, meant to be the only kite museum in France

George Lawrence - An early pioneer of KAP, this site provides information about the man and his methods.  More is also available here.

brooxes.com - The site is designed to get you up to speed fast with the necessary equipment for Kite Aerial Photography. 

Flying Nun Kite - Another simple paper fold kite using A4

Kite Kits - Kite making kits specifically for UK based schools.

Fly Kites Not Drones - The workshop plans in Fly Kites Not Drones are for adults to deliver exciting work with children young people of different ages, whether in or out of school. The different workshops are listed and there is guidance on finding the best content for your group


Kitelife - Online Kite Magazine

Close Encounters Kites - Contains Single line and Sport Kite reviews, videos and photos.

The Flying Squad - One of the UKs Multi-line kite display teams. 

Team Spectrum - Multi-kite dual line display team.

Flying Fish - Flying Fish consists of Lex and Irma who fly (mostly dual-line) kite routines to music. 

Close Encounters Kite Display Team - Est. over 25 years. Former British Champions providing colourful displays of sport kites and inflatables.

Karl Longbottom -Yorkshire based kite maker and workshop leader

Skybums - Based in Shropshire 

White Horse Kite Fliers - Swindon based.

Malcolm Goodman - Based in Gloucester but will travel anywhere.

Internet Archive - A search facility for books, movies, magazines, etc.  Includes Kite Lines Magazine. Use the search facility.

Flight Global Archive - Archive search for aviation articles.  Just search for Kite.

History of Kite Fishing - in the Southern Seas (1955)

N.A.S.A. - Excellent resources about kites and the science behind them.

Popular Science Archive Search - Popular Science search facility.  Enter Kites to see the articles.


The majority of kite related forums have moved over to Facebook pages.  

Kent Kite Fliers - Kent based kite group covering all types of kite flying.

Brighton Kite Fliers - Based on the South coast, covers all types of kites.