When Americans Kay and Larry Day found a store selling kites nearly 20 years ago, they decided to buy a few kites for their family. For fun, Larry bought one for himself. “He went out and flew it and decided he needed to go back and get a better one,” Kay remembered. Since then, she and her husband have loved kite flying. They own many kites and plan trips around flying them. They also organize a kite-flying event each winter in their hometown in Iowa. “I’m at peace when I’m flying,” said Larry. Kite-flying has a long history as an activity for adults and children. The custom of flying a piece of cloth high in the sky began more than 2,000 years ago in China. Since then, kites have been used to do scientific experiments, power boats, take pictures from the air and much more.
Title: Kite-Flying Gives a Lift to People of All Ages
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2577/kite_flying.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Kite-Flying Gives a Lift to People of All Ages' data-article-id='3107'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13479'>When Americans Kay and Larry Day found a store selling kites nearly 20 years ago, they decided to buy a few kites for their family.</span> <span data-start-time='13479' data-end-time='18333'>For fun, Larry bought one for himself.</span> <span data-start-time='18333' data-end-time='27125'>“He went out and flew it and decided he needed to go back and get a better one,” Kay remembered.</span> <span data-start-time='27125' data-end-time='34000'>Since then, she and her husband have loved kite flying.</span> <span data-start-time='34000' data-end-time='40646'>They own many kites and plan trips around flying them.</span> <span data-start-time='40646' data-end-time='50167'>They also organize a kite-flying event each winter in their hometown in Iowa.</span> <span data-start-time='50167' data-end-time='55708'>“I’m at peace when I’m flying,” said Larry.</span> <span data-start-time='55708' data-end-time='63271'>Kite-flying has a long history as an activity for adults and children.</span> <span data-start-time='63271' data-end-time='73938'>The custom of flying a piece of cloth high in the sky began more than 2,000 years ago in China.</span> <span data-start-time='73938' data-end-time='86792'>Since then, kites have been used to do scientific experiments, power boats, take pictures from the air and much 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2577/america.m4a'><span>America</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2577/iowa.m4a'><span>Iowa</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2577/china.m4a'><span>China</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2577/india.m4a'><span>India</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10809 data-hint-location='34000' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2577/they_own_many__blank_.m4a'>They own many <span class='blank'>kites</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='kites'><div class='choice' 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