As anyone who has read the best-selling novel The Kite Runner knows, springtime in Kabul is heralded by flocks of dipping, looping and diving kites. But these aren’t the kites of lazy weekend picnics.

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - In a large empty park in Salt Lake, Kelvin Chun can be found showing off his high-flying skills. The 61-year-old retired teacher is an avid kite builder and flyer.

Carla Borgersen helps her mother Mercedes Russow with her kite. Russow, who just moved to Edmond from New York, was one of the senior citizens who learned to make a kite and then fly it at the Edmond ...