Come fly a kite...!

Leli Psaila has a passion for building kites. He has been doing so for half a century and is probably Malta's foremost expert in the field, though he would not admit it. Alas, he told Fiona Galea Debono, parents now no longer ask him to build kites for...

Leli Psaila has a passion for building kites. He has been doing so for half a century and is probably Malta's foremost expert in the field, though he would not admit it.

Alas, he told Fiona Galea Debono, parents now no longer ask him to build kites for their children. At best, he gets requests to make kites for football teams.

Back in 1976 he set a local record by flying 565 kites on one string and would like to up that to 1,000.

See video above. Full story in The Times.

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