Kite in Crimea

In the wanderings on mountains and dolam I a little pootstal from progressive mankind. And periodically encountering something brand new for me, I any more am not surprised, when is found out, that this(thus) "brand new" is old as the world and has got out of fashion the last century.

This time news to me was the message of one of my tourists. A pier, it(he) takes with itself(himself) in a hike across Crimea a kite. What?.. Well a kite. Do not know? I not absolutely dark, I knew something, somewhere heard, that the kite somehow guessed, is somehow connected with air and its(his) movement (wind).

Whether as the head of group I has first of all taken an interest dangerously It, and how many It weighs, and only has then conceded to the curiosity - " Show, show ". It(he) also has shown - something similar to a cover for tenissnoj raketki. Hm, not such both heavy, and completely not big. And how it works?

the Occasion to show a kite in operation has appeared next day. We then have climbed up the Hangar-breaker (mountain top plateau chatyr-сбъ, Crimea) and densely having had dinner were arranged to have a rest with a kind on a valley and growing white in the distance Alushtu. And here, when a dream almost smoril us, above a head suddenly something has whistled, has buzzed.
It would be not necessary be the psychic what to guess, that it the kite flied. Sasha (its(his) owner) at last has uncovered the toy and has let out(has released) it(her) to do some flying.

And at once all became clear. The kite has appeared a hybrid of a kite and a paraplane. A small parachute-covered(-wing) on two long slings. The ends a sling are adhered to a plastic crossbeam - it(her) holds in hands "operator" of a kite. That the kite has not fallen to the ground, the crossbeam should be held not simply, and is constant tjagat to the right-to the left, forcing a kite to write out in the sky bends and the eights.

Our kite was educational, scope of its(his) wings, was hardly more meter. On such "pilots" fulfil technics(technical equipment). And then take in hands greater(big) "adult" kites. With such it is possible to drive on the sea on a surfboard, or overland on a snowboard or a special roller board.



Our pilot fortunately has not departed anywhere and was not left, and we, having seen enough it is a lot of on its(his) exercises, have gone(send) further to search for a place for a lodging for the night. And here the wind, razzadorennyj unprecedented a miracle-bird, still long could not calm down and till the morning pulled out(frayed) our tents.