Inventor Alexander Graham Bell was quite an inquisitive individual and, as an inventor, he dabbled in just about everything during his lifetime. Below is a snippet from a newspaper in 1903 telling readers that Bell was experimenting with kites. While the article does not go into full detail, there is an excellent webpage on the Aeronautical Experiments of Alexander Graham Bell.
BELL MAY MAKE AN AIRSHIP
Friends Believe He Can Use a Kite in Place of Balloon in His Craft
Friends of Prof. Alexander Graham Bell believe he has discovered the basic principle of the successful flying machine. Beyond saying that a properly constructed kite should be capable of use as a flying machine if provided with suitable means of propulsion, however, the scientist maintains silence for the present. It is known that he devoted five months last summer to experiments with kites at his summer home in Cape Breton and that he obtained ideas which, it is believed, will be utilized in the construction of an airship. Until such an airship is constructed and tested it is probably Prof. Bell will have nothing further to say on the subject. [Source]
