Unlike the Gibson Girl box kite made of cotton fabric those are one time use as made of extremely thin material. Report comment. Reply. Mike says: May 13, 2021 at 1:54 pm ...

New Year’s Eve marked the start of a promising 2014 for Cora Lambert and Erik Becker — their long-awaited, permanent East Village café called Box Kite (115 St. Marks Place) finally opened to ...

Katikati kite flyer John Russell with his Gibson Girl box kite from World War II. Photo/George Novak A steady breeze bouncing off a high tide at Fergusson Park made this year's Matariki Kite Day a ...

The 'Gibson Girl' is a WW2 box kite nicknamed for its distinctive hourglass shape. Folding up like an umbrella it was standard issue on aircraft lifeboats during the war.