Driving down the road along a bluff overlooking the beach, the side mirror mounting suddenly squeaked raucously and violently spun off after fouling the string of a kite flown above the bluff from the ...

If the instruction was to “go fly a kite,” then dozens of families turned out Saturday to a local park in Morton Grove to literally do just that, with organizers extolling how kids and their parents ...

On a recent visit to Maritime Park, huge, colorful, bold designs line the sky above the baseball diamond. The sun is shining bright, as gorgeous kites take off toward the clouds while dancing to a ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Flying a kite has been an enduring windy day pastime for so long that historians ...

Some parents, like Jennyfer Cordova of Waukegan, have not flown a kite since they were youngsters and their children never had the chance until she made the effort. She took her daughter, Isabella ...

The next time someone tells you to "go fly a kite," take it as an idea for sky-friendly fun, rather than a means of shooing you off. Then head to the Panhandle’s premier kite stores: Kitty Hawk Kites ...

GILLETTE, (AP) -- Flying kites and teaching children about the outdoors, it seems, go hand in hand. Don't believe it? Ask Karl Milner's class. The five children and one adult sat in the classroom ...

Brian Williamson said he remembers flying kites when he was young with a friend from his neighborhood in Perryville, a small hamlet in Madison County. “They were the regular, small, diamond-shaped ...

Diamond-shaped kites used to be a kite-flyer's best friend, but nowadays you're just as likely to see kites shaped like turtles, butterflies and even a great white shark hovering up there in the sky.