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Kittyhawk On Momote
Kitty Hawk or Kittyhawk may refer to: Places * Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where the Wright Brothers flew their first controlled flight in 1903 * ''Kitty Hawk'', an area of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, USA Airplane and air transport * ''Kitty Hawk'' (airplane), commonly known as the ''Wright Flyer'' * Kitty Hawk Aircargo, an American cargo airline * Kitty Hawk Airways, an American airline * Kitty Hawk Corporation, a Silicon Valley "flying car" start-up * "Kittyhawk" one of the call signs used by flights carrying members of the royal family * "Kittyhawk", the name that the British gave to the advanced variants of the American Curtiss P-40 fighter plane Military * USS ''Kitty Hawk'', a ship of the United States Navy * KITTYHAWK, the airline code for military United Kingdom Royal VIP Flights * Kitty Hawk Air Society, an Honor Society for the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program * Camp Kitty Hawk (renamed Camp Bonifas), a United Nations military p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Kitty Hawk is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, Dare County, North Carolina, United States, and is a part of what is known as North Carolina's Outer Banks. The population was 3,708 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 Census. It was established in the early 18th century as Chickahawk. History The name Kitty Hawk is derived from the native Algonquian languages, Algonquin Amerindian language word Chickahawk, meaning "a place to hunt geese". Kitty Hawk became world-famous after the Wright brothers made the first controlled powered airplane flights at Kill Devil Hills, four miles (6 km) south of the town, on December 17, 1903. After the four flights in their ''Wright Flyer'', the brothers walked back to Kitty Hawk. Here, they sent a telegram from the Weather Bureau office to their father informing him of their success. Kitty Hawk is usually credited as the site of the powered flights because it was the nearest named settlement at the time of the flight; the modern town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |