He contributed to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition entry on 'kite-flying'. He wrote "In savage isles and settled lands. Malaysia, Australasia and Polynesia, 1888-1891", published in 1892 by R.Bentley and Son, London. Among others, Baden-Powell recounts in his book a visit to Batavia (now Jakarta), where he was a guest at the dinner party hosted by a leading local magnate, Khouw Yauw Kie, "Kapitein der Chinezen". Baden-Powell was the first who brought flying-based activities into Scouting in the form of kite and model aeroplane building. He can be considered the founder of Air Scouting even though he thought it was hardly feasible to have special 'Air Scouts'. Baden-Powell was President and later District Commissioner of a North London District, was District Commissioner of Sevenoaks District, Kent between 1918 and 1935, and was Headquarters Commissioner for Aviation from 1923, until his death in 1937.