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How To Train Your Dragon Kite


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Peter Lynn Kite Factory in Ashburton, New Zealand built this fantastic 59-foot (18-m) 3D show kite in the shape of Toothless, the Night Fury dragon from How To Train Your Dragon 2 movie.

Donna-Marie Lever of ONE News reports that the kite was made by hand in just two months. "Hollywood sent them a toy. The task: to transform him into an 18-meter monster in the sky ... There's no computer, no flash technology - just a steady hand and a scientific mind to pull off the contract of a lifetime. Each kite is worth $5 grand."


via Peter Lynn Kites Facebook page

Watch a video clip of master kitemaker Simon Chisnall and Craig Hanson talking about the making of the dragon kite, as well as the kite's test flight:


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To quote a good friend of mine years ago when I was opining about this very thing, how the definition of beauty had changed significantly throughout the centuries... he replied "Well, no matter what body type/shape was seen to be ideal, one thing has always been (and probably always will be) considered beautiful... youth"
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It’s clear from this video that both now and several hundred years ago that we’re on a constant quest for beauty but still haven’t managed to realise that the definition of beauty is too broad to be confined to a single box...Which seems easier...To create your own standard of what’s beautiful to you or chase after a beauty ideal that’s virtually impossible to achieve?' ...Read an interesting take on this vid here: http://bit.ly/1Dhutv8
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