Kitty Hawk

/ ˈkɪtɪ hɔːk /

noun

1. a village in NE North Carolina, near Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers made the world's first aeroplane flight (1903)

Example Sentences

The extravaganza was mounted barely six years after the Wright brothers took off at Kitty Hawk, N.C. in the first heavier-than-air manned flight.

From Los Angeles Times

The Wright brothers had made their first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, less than eleven years earlier, and by 1914 airplanes were still simple and few.

From Literature

Wisk was formed through a joint venture between Boeing and Google co-founder Larry Page's Kitty Hawk Corp, which is now wholly owned by Boeing.

From Reuters

“When the Wright Brothers left Kitty Hawk, they flew only 120 feet the first time,” Keshavjee says.

From Scientific American

In December 1903, the brothers became the first people to fly an airplane in Kitty Hawk, N. C. The brothers then refined their plane, the Wright Flyer, for several years before making the first public flights in August 1908, dazzling crowds and ushering in the age of aviation, according to the National Air and Space Museum.

From New York Times