What is Peter Powell (kite maker)?
[[File:Peter Powell 1978 (cropped).jpg|thumb|250px|Peter Powell at the 1st AKA Convention in [[Ocean City, Maryland]] in 1978.]] '''Peter Trevor Powell''' (c. 1932 – 3 January 2016) was an [[English people|English]] [[kite]] maker. He developed a steerable kite in 1972, using dual lines. Powell's kites had spars made of [[Gonystylus]] which were later replaced with [[aluminium]] tubing and, later still, by glass fibre spars. Powell's kites came with a long, hollow [[polyethylene]] tail that was inflated by the wind. The tail added stability as well as looking good when performing [[stunt]]s. He was born in [[Gloucester]], [[Gloucestershire]].<ref name=soglos>[http://www.soglos.com/sport-outdoor/36918/Peter-Powell-Kites-opening-at-Beechwood-Arcade at SO Glos online magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215230203/http://www.soglos.com/sport-outdoor/36918/Peter-Powell-Kites-opening-at-Beechwood-Arcade |date=2016-02-15 }} Retrieved 5 January 2016</ref> Powell died from a [[stroke]] in [[Cheltenham]], Gloucestershire at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Founder-Peter-Powell-Kites-Cheltenham-died/story-28462517-detail/story.html|title=Founder of Peter Powell Kites in Cheltenham has died following a stroke|work=Gloucestershire Echo}}{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Peter}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] <!--[[Category:Disease-related deaths in Gloucestershire]]--> [[Category:English inventors]] [[Category:People from Gloucestershire]] {{bio-stub}}