Who invented the target kite?
A. Paul Garber, future head of the Air & Space Museum, was working at the Smithsonian when WW2 began. His first job in the Navy was modelling airplanes in wood and other materials for use as “recognition models”. He became involved in gunnery targets by accident when he overheard someone describing the need for them. His imagination and life-long interest in kites took him the rest of the way.
