February 18, 2013

Collection Name: Other

Collection Number: 2898

Post Type: Article

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Artist or Author: Obituary

Creation Year: 2013

Summay:

The place to spot him was Brie, Vincennes, or Berck-sur-Mer...
There Andre Cassagnes would mingle with the crowd, an unassuming elderly man in a tweed coat or a baseball cap...

Follow the wonderful story on this fabulous inventor and kitemaker.

Economist Magazine
Print Edition
February 16, 2013
taken from the Obituaries
Photos by Pierre Fabre

Related Links: http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21571846-andr%C3%A9-cassagnes-inventor-died-january-16th-aged-86-andr%C3%A9-cassagnes

Geographic: France

Kite Type: BoxCellular, Figure

Materials: Carbon, Fiberglass, Nylon/Synthetic, Ripstop

Significance: Art, Sport