This Kite is called the Cody Kite

This is a Man Kite as used in the first world war for gun spotting. It was designed by a man called Cody who was the first man to fly motorised airplane in Britain in 1908. he was an American who changed his name to Cody after Wild Bill Cody. As you can see it was almost sudden death. They went on to use balloons which were a little safer but not much. Spotters the started using aeroplanes. The Royal Engineers Balloon Squadron became the Royal Flying Corp and in 1918 became the Royal Air force.