Who was lifted off the ground by a series of kites in 1984?

Answer 1

By 1984 man lifting kites were very common and a great many people would be able to lay claim to having been lifted by a kite train in this year. By 1894 Baden-Powell had perfected man lifting using a single kite called the Levitor, which was similar in desing to a larger Rokaku. There were many people lifted using this system. He patented a system using multiple Levitotors in 1895. Hugh Wise of the US Army designed a method for flying multiple Hargrave's box kites and was lifted by his creation in 1897.