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Kitty Hawk Kites

All but one of the images on this page are my artistic derivations of contemporary photos. See Copyright of early hang gliding photos.

Kitty Hawk Kites, North Carolina, in about 1974

Art based on a phot of new KHK building at Jockey's Ridge in early 1980 — New KHK building at Jockey’s Ridge in early 1980

Wills Wing seminar at KHK in 1981 (no larger image available)

Art based on a photo of F.M. Rogallo trying the Flight Dynamics hang glider simulator at Kitty Hawk Kites of North Carolina in late 1990 or early 1991 — F.M. Rogallo trying the Flight Dynamics hang glider simulator at Kitty Hawk Kites in 1990 (no larger image available)

See Training aids.

Kitty Hawk Kites premises in 1996 — KHK newer premises in 1996

Pilot training in North Carolina. Photo by John E. — Pilot training in North Carolina in about 2009. Photo by John Eager.

External links

Hang Gliding at Jockey’s Ridge, Kitty Hawk Kites Hang Gliding School — a video by Cathy Anderson on YouTube that imparts a thoroughly modern impression of the pilot training experience

Its a Kind of Magic by Andy Torrington, about Kitty Hawk Kites and the history of hang gliding at Jockey’s Ridge, in Hang Gliding & Paragliding, August 2011

Kitty Hawk Kites