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B.E.2C., a primitive, kitelike fighter plane, was jogging along through the fog when he glimpsed far above him�"like a cod's-eye view of the Queen Mary" �the great bladdery hull of the German Zeppelin L-15.

From Time Magazine Archive

He first won national acclaim in 1977 when his Gossamer Condor, a kitelike affair propelled only by a furiously pedaling cyclist-pilot, flew in controlled flight for more than a mile around a figure-eight course.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its pilot and 100-h.p. engine hang well below the kitelike wing, and control is accomplished by tilting the wing with respect to the heavy, low-hanging engine.

From Time Magazine Archive

The mouth, 117 ft. square, is kept open by floats and kitelike "otter boards"; it can be submerged at any depth.

From Time Magazine Archive

These were either flying gurnards or kitelike sea robins, whose lips glowed in the dark, at night scrawling fiery streaks in the air before plunging into the murky waters like so many shooting stars.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.