Kittyhawk
a village in NE North Carolina: Wright brothers' airplane flight 1903.
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How to use Kittyhawk in a sentence
Our attention was next turned to gliding, but no hill suitable for the purpose could be found near our camp at Kitty Hawk.
The Early History of the Airplane | Orville WrightAt Kitty Hawk we spent much time in measuring the horizontal pressure on our unloaded machine at various angles of incidence.
The Early History of the Airplane | Orville WrightAt Kitty Hawk they had lived in a small shack, and cooked their own meals.
Historic Inventions | Rupert S. HollandIn 1901 and 1902 the Wrights continued their gliding experiments at Kitty Hawk.
Historic Inventions | Rupert S. HollandSatisfied, they set out once more for Kitty Hawk, with the motor and parts of their plane carefully stowed away.
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British Dictionary definitions for Kitty Hawk
/ (ˈkɪtɪ hɔːk) /
a village in NE North Carolina, near Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers made the world's first aeroplane flight (1903)
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