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• Title: Hooked on Kite Making (Daily Break)
• Author : The Virginian Pilot
• Release Date : January 11, 2010
• Genre: Reference,Books,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 54 KB

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Webb Taylor pushed a length of white upholstery thread through the eye of a sizable needle. He tugged it through the wood forming the outline of a butterfly's wing, but it snagged on a tiny dot of hardened glue. When the thread finally emerged, he tied it off in two spots around the delicate creature's bamboo bones. [paragraph] He pulled tightly, and the butterfly bent until it was bowed. [paragraph] "Have you ever broken any doing this, Daddy?" asked his daughter, Pamm Forbes. [paragraph] "Oh, yes, I hear this one cracking," Taylor said casually. [paragraph] The bamboo skeleton of the miniature kite - which measured only a few inches from wing tip to wing tip - cracked a bit, but Taylor wasn't worried that it wouldn't fly. [paragraph] An occasional break or tear can happen when he's crafting one of his delicate creations. Precision has its difficulties, but this craftsman had utility knives, glue and skill on his side. [paragraph] He is 90 and has spent much of his adult life thinking about the logistics of flight. Continued on Page 5 Taylor's first job while still in college in the 1930s was with Igor Sikorsky, an aviation pioneer regarded as the father of the helicopter.

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