KITES TOO HIGH
Danger To Aircraft
The Department of Civil Aviation is becoming alarmed by high kites being flown eround Christchurch airports. It feels they could be a serious hazard to aircraft, particularly when flown near toe take-off and landing zones Already the department has taken action in cases near both Wigram and Harewood. Some kites near Wigram were as high as 500 ft. and, after tracking them to their source, the department officials asked the boys to shorten the lines. Similar steps have been taken near Hare wood.
In fact, the regulations expressly forbid the flying of kites within three miles of an aerodrome, but the department is not over worried about the short-line kites that go up only to 50ft or so.
It is when an enthusiast starts adding every bit erf string and twine he can lay his hands on that a kite becomes a hazard.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30841, 28 August 1965, Page 23
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