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Kitty Hawk

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Kit·ty Hawk  (kt hôk)
A village of northeast North Carolina on a sandy peninsula between Albemarle Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. Nearby is Kill Devil Hill, the site of the Wright brothers' first two successful flights (December 17, 1903).
Kitty Hawk [ˈkɪtɪ hɔːk]
n
(Placename) a village in NE North Carolina, near Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers made the first aeroplane flight in the US (1903)


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Boyne describes the rugged life at Kitty Hawk so vividly that the reader will almost feel the wind and sand.
Boyne, Walter J. Dawn over Kitty Hawk by Boyd, John E. / Kliatt
From the first gliders to the development of a military aircraft to the final installation of the Kitty Hawk Flyer at the Smithsonian Institution, this volume paints a visually arresting portrait of the Wright brothers' contribution to humankind.
The Wright Brothers Legacy: Orville and Wilbur Wright and Their ... by Science News
Young Tom Tate of Kitty Hawk has a penchant for "making up stories," but what he tells his friends one day in 1900 is true: he has just met two men from Ohio who "say they are going to fly through the air like birds.
First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers by Parravano, Martha V. / The Horn Book Magazine
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