At copious airports windsocks are lighted at night, either by flood lights on crowning enveloping it or with uncommon mounted on the pole shining inside it.
Flown without tails that would hinder their agility, these highly maneuverable empty kites have a length of cutting line coated http://www.pictureprettykites.com/garden-art/windsocks/cat_44.html with an abrasive attached to the bridle, which is then tied to a polished cotton flying line. Although the rules of kite fighting varied from metropolitan to country, the necessary service was to maneuver the swift kite in such a design as to cut the opponent's flying line.