KEIB: A toddler ended up going for a ride after getting a little too close to a large kite at the Hsinchu City International Kite Festival in Nanlioao, Taiwan.
Dramatic video captured a group of men unfolding the tail of the large orange kite as they prepare to fly it. Once the wind takes hold of the kite, stunned bystanders watched in horror as a three-year-old girl went airborne after getting tangled in the kite’s tail. WATCH
I call BS, that was Tinkerbell.
Wow! Lucky little girl! What are the odds of her getting entangled so firmly she didn’t come loose and fall?!
I used to fly twin-line parasail stunt kites. I kept my kit in the van for when I was on hang gliding jaunts and conditions weren’t right for flying myself. Most people have no conception of the forces involved with a high performing kite and a stiff breeze. With one setup, I used 150 lb. Kevlar lines and had one break kiting near Jockey’s Ridge. I’d have another large guy holding onto my harness on days like that. It was necessary to keep from getting pulled and dragged myself, and I was 6’1″ and 230 lbs. back then (I’m an inch shorter and *mumble*cough* heavier now).
I’ll see your airborne toddler and raise you a seaborne 3-year-old:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/9vKZ0F16a0c
🙂
The Chinese have the coolest amusement rides.
Gives “Go fly a kite” new meaning.
That was a E-ticket ride! Thankfully she landed safely.
That kid got more tail as a toddler than some guys do in a lifetime.
😉
Unbelievable! But I saw it so I believe it.
Lucky little girl. She got a ride she’ll never forget.
Bet that calls for a diaper change
Hey, I can see my house from here!!
Diaper change needed for the parents, too.
The UK rag “The Sun” said
it was 100′.
BALLOON BOY!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/12/balloon-boy-hoax-fort-collins-10-years-later/3954659002/
Trump’s fault
@RADIOATIONMAN/HAM/CB/AM/FM/SSB/VHF/UHF — Yeah, 100′ sounds more like it. It sure looked like more than 30′ to me but it’s hard to gauge things like that in a video with no background, and no clear knowledge of how far it is from the camera to the action.