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THE attempt to get the world's biggest kite flying over Ashton Court may have failed, but an estimated 30,000 people still had a great weekend at the annual Bristol Kite Festival.
The crowds watching cheered when the Manta Ray kite took to the air on Saturday after along preparation to get it off the ground but the weather conditions were against the structure staying up for the required minimum of 20 minutes. It had been hoped to get Bristol into the record books for the biggest kite ever flown as the Manta Ray is bigger than a full-size football pitch - with a wingspan of more than 55 metres (180ft) - and needs two substanS tial anchor vehicles to tether it to the ground.See the full content of this document
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Following Flights of Festival Fancy
Making its first UK public appearance, it was commissioned by the Al Farsi family of Kuwait and travelled to Ashton Court,...
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