In 1962, together with her husband Surendra Bahudar, Andrea Davenport opened the first kite shop in the USA.
They named it Go Fly a Kite. Located in Manhattan, the store sold kites imported from around the world, with a
specialty in Indian Fighters. The success of this kite store led to the opening of other kite shops across
North America. These new stores needed kites to fill their walls, so Go Fly a Kite became a distributor of
the kites they were offering in their store.  In the 1970s, manufacturing became a new goal of Andreas.
Andrea and second husband Mark Skwarek moved the operation to East Haddam, CT, and turned Americas first
kite shop into one of the world’s leading kite manufacturers. We have evolved and improved in the many years
since our proud beginnings. 

Today, Go Fly a Kite continues to set the standards of excellence in the kite trade. Home of the kite worlds
top designers such as Joel Scholz and Randy Tom, kiting innovations are born in the design rooms of Go Fly a Kite,
and released to the skies for millions to enjoy.