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Kittyhawk

American  
[kit-ee-hawk] / ˈkɪt iˌhɔk /

noun

  1. a village in NE North Carolina: Wright brothers' airplane flight 1903.


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If ignored for too long, Kittyhawk would protest.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

Kittyhawk, the air taxi start-up backed by the Google co-founder Larry Page, is shutting down.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022

After pivoting to research and development, “the company couldn’t see a way forward. Laid-off staff have been given four months of severance pay,” an unnamed Kittyhawk employee told Business Insider.

From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2022

The flight used the callsign "Kittyhawk", used for any military flight with the Queen on board.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2022

“Is there anything about us you don’t know, Kittyhawk? We’ll keep your secrets and you keep ours. ‘Careless talk costs lives.’”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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