kitty hawk

     

It's the small North Carolina town famous for this groundbreaking event

Trivia about kitty hawk

  • Location in North Carolina forever associated with the 1903 event seen here
  • The Wright brothers' first flight took place near this village on N. Carolina's Bodie Island
  • This village was an appropriate name for Apollo 14's command module
  • The Wright Brothers made almost 1,000 successful glider flights on a beach near this N.C. town in 1902
  • Wright Brothers Day, Dec. 17, celebrates the pair's flight near this North Carolina village
  • This aircraft carrier named for a North Carolina site has been nicknamed "Battle Cat"
  • Walter J. Boyne fictionalizes the story of the Wright Brothers in "Dawn Over" this place
  • There's a hang-gliding school named for this 2-word North Carolina town that became famous in 1903