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Old 12-05-2010, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Octane View Post
Sab,

Why would they ban a seemingly innocuous pasttime as kite flying?

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A mate and I got busted once back in the '60s for kite flying. We had two kites 1200' above Mascot radar. It was about 25 miles as the crow flies to Mascot and the local terrain is at about 300' so the kites were 900' above us.

At least the boys in blue didn't confiscate the kites.