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Kitty Hawk

British  
/ 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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No wonder Warren Buffett wrote in a 2007 letter to shareholders that a “farsighted capitalist” at Kitty Hawk would have done successors a favor by “shooting Orville down.”

From Barron's May 8, 2026

The aviation industry, quite literally, took off when the Wright brothers flew the world’s first heavier-than-air craft on a sustained, powered flight near Kitty Hawk, N.C.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

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 Oct. 29, 2024

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 Aug. 10, 2023

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 "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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