Editing Kite (section)

== World records ==
[[File:Chinese_dragon_kite_(Berkeley,_California_-_2000).jpg|thumb|Chinese dragon kite more than one hundred feet long which flew at the annual [[Berkeley, California]] kite festival in 2000]]
There are many world records involving kites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/search?term=kite|title=Search Results |publisher=[[Guinness World Records]]|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref> The world's largest kites are [[inflatable single-line kite]]s. The world record for the largest kite flown for at least 20 minutes is "The Flag of Kuwait".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-kite-flown|title = Largest kite flown|website=Guinnessworldrecords.com| date=15 February 2005 }}</ref> 

The world record for most kites flown simultaneously was achieved in 2011 when 12,350 kites were flown by children on Al-Waha beach in Gaza Strip.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Most Kites Flown Simultaneously |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-kites-flown-simultaneously |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=Guinness World Records}}</ref> 

The single-kite altitude record is held by a triangular-box delta kite. On 23 September 2014 a team led by Robert Moore, flew a {{convert|129|sqft|m2|0}} kite to {{convert|16009|ft|m|0}} above ground level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-altitude-by-a-single-kite|title=Highest altitude by a single kite|website=Guinness World Records|date=23 September 2014 |access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref> The record altitude was reached after eight series of attempts over a ten-year period from a remote location in western New South Wales, Australia. The {{convert|9.2|ft|m|0}} tall and {{convert|19.6|ft|m|0}} wide Dunton-Taylor delta kite's flight was controlled by a winch system using {{convert|40682|ft|m|0}} of ultra high strength Dyneema line. The flight took about eight hours from ground and return. The height was measured with on-board GPS telemetry transmitting positional data in real time to a ground-based computer and also back-up GPS data loggers for later analysis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kitesite.com.au/kiterecord/september_2014.html|title=Untitled Page|first=R|last=Moore|website=Kitesite.com.au}}</ref>