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Hi-Flier Kite Company certainly led the market for paper kites mid-century, but they were far from the only company making paper kites targeted at children.
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The Hi-Flier Manufacturing Co. was once the world's largest kite maker, headquartered in Decatur, Illinois. With kites such as the American Beauty, Strat-o-Flier and Hi-Flier Little Boy, and with the slogan "Playmates of the Clouds," Hi-Flier ruled the sky. Here's how it happened:
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As indicated in the Scrapbook article, by the year 1939 (before I was born) Hi-Flier manufactured and distributed 15 million kites per year! The company, at its peak, also employed 200 people who did a lot of kite making. When I was a kid and lived with my folks in Hammond (20 miles east of Decatur), I would often fly kites and keep them up.
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Hi-Flier was founded in 1922/23 by Harry A Sellers, who held several kite design patents. (I don't think there are many of us who haven't flown Hi-Flier kites at some time in our youth.) Reportedly, the company also produced RTF gliders from about 1935 to 1941.
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The Alox Box Kites. Other than Hi-Flier, Alox was the only company to mass-produce box kites for the dime-store trade, and as best we know, they were the only company to mass-produce a box kite in plastic. Three SKUs exist in the sales literature: #240 was 29″ long, with cells 12″ wide, in printed paper. Sales sheet says 28″ long.
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Flying Good Times Business soared by 1923 the company had outgrown Sellers garage and was moved to a small manufacturing facility at 165 E. Marietta Street in Decatur, Illinois. Soon Hi Flier Kiter had a staff of thirty four employees and was producing an astounding 10,000 kites a day. Hobby stores throughout the world were soon placing orders.
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36° Light Rain Hi-Fliers were flying high as the nation's top paper kite maker Tony Reid Aug 26, 2014 Updated Aug 26, 2014 0 1959: Rocket ships, jets and Uncle Sam were among the most popular.
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1 of 12 Betsy Gregory poses with kites at the Hi-Flier Manufacturing factory on East Wabash Street in January 1959. The company started in a basement in 1921 and became a major manufacturer.
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Bob's Christmas kites for the next 3 years were "Hi-Flier" kites. 2017 is the second Jolly Boy barn door, 2018 the fabulous P91 Cloud Buster, and 2019 is the yellow and green Alox Rocket Ship. Many of our "Hi-Flier" kites are actual Hi-Flier replicas but some are inspired by Cloud Buster, Top Flite, Northwestern Kite Company, and Alox kites, too.
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Anyway. Hi-Flier as a brand name is still alive, but the company in Decatur, IL is long gone. I've had a hard time determining who actually owns the trademark today. A company called Damon Industries bought Hi-Flier in the early 1970s and owned it for many years.
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The Cosmic Asteroid Hi-Flier kite. RELATED: The Rise And Fall of Hi-Flier Kites Harvey A. Sellers (1889-1976) started the Hi-Flier Manufacturing Company in his Decatur home. He got started by purchasing a patent to a bow kite from a Decatur inventor named Arthur W. Cash and later that same year patented a barn-door kite in his own name.
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0:00 / 19:22 Hi-Flier Kite Manufacturing Company in Decatur, Illinois Macon County History Room 81 subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 51 Share Save 2.6K views 3 years ago Hi-Flier was once the.
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A GREAT PLACE TO WORK In 2021 Hi-Flyer was named one of Canada's Best Workplaces in Retail & Hospitality and for Women and received the honour of becoming "One of the Best Places to Work" in Canada as named by Great Place to Work.
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Hi-Flier as a brand name is still alive, but the company in Decatur, IL is long gone. A company called Galoob Toys now owns the trademark, making plastic deltas now under the Hi-Flier name. It's unclear when the Decatur operation ceased, but the paper kite business is extinct in this age of plastic.
