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Show I uu TOE MANLIFTING ' KITES ARE USED SanLi Barbara. Calif., Fob. 1. Lieut. John Rodgers was lifted 400 feet from the deck of the cruiser j Pennsylvania yesterday by man-iais-1 ing kites. The warship was steaming twelve knots against an eight-knot l breeze at the time and Rodgers, suspended sus-pended from the kite cable 100 feet ; astern, made observations an( camera cam-era views for fifteen minutes. He signalled the results of his observations observa-tions to the officers on the ship. The altitude attained by Rodgers is said to be a record for man-lifting kites. The officer was carried up by a train of eleven kites. nn |