Inflatable kite

A kite comprising:

• an inflatable rearwardly tapering body member provided with a rounded leading edge and having substantially teardrop shape, two inflatable opposing rearwardly projecting side members attached to said body member and together forming a single inflated volume wherein said rounded leading edge at its extremities defines lateral projections on each side which are shaped into a narrower neck portion, the width across said lateral projections being about 15 to about 200 percent greater than the width across said neck portion, said neck portion being shaped at the rearward end into the outer edges of said side members;
• a non-inflatable web of flexible sheet material connected between the trailing edge of each rearwardly projecting side member and said body member and said web extending over at least 50 percent of the area defined by the edges of said body member, the inner edge of each side member and straight lines joining the rear extremities of said body member and each of said side members;
• a line attachment means bonded to said body member;
• and
• the ratio of the maximum width of the kite when inflated to the length of the kite being 0.5 to 1.5 and the maximum thickness of said body member when inflated is 0.15 to 0.45 of said length.