Saranggolahan sa Luneta
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Visual materialSubject(s): 1971 | Competitions | Luneta, Manila | 1971 | airplane kite | amrt | competitions | contests | games | kite flying | kite-flying | kites | leisure | luneta | luzon | manila | recreation | sportsOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website General Note(s): The airplane was a favorite form among those who entered the contest. This kite was made with an eye for balance by the symmetrical arrangement of its parts. The kite is believed to have been invented some 200B.C. by a Chinese military strategist named Han Hsing. At that time, the emperor Hao Kan chun of the early Han Dynasty was at war with a certain Chen Hsi. As the emperor''s militaty strategist, Han Hsing fashioned a light-weight device of paper glued on split bamboo frames, attached it to a long string, and sent it aloft with the air current over the enemy''s fortifications which was situated within thick walls. H did this to determine the approximate distance of the enemy from his army and subsequently dug a tunnel to reach the formerImage type: Original
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The airplane was a favorite form among those who entered the contest. This kite was made with an eye for balance by the symmetrical arrangement of its parts. The kite is believed to have been invented some 200B.C. by a Chinese military strategist named Han Hsing. At that time, the emperor Hao Kan chun of the early Han Dynasty was at war with a certain Chen Hsi. As the emperor''s militaty strategist, Han Hsing fashioned a light-weight device of paper glued on split bamboo frames, attached it to a long string, and sent it aloft with the air current over the enemy''s fortifications which was situated within thick walls. H did this to determine the approximate distance of the enemy from his army and subsequently dug a tunnel to reach the former.
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