|Woods near camp at Kitty Hawk, 1900.| The actual location of
the first flight was some four miles away in what is now known
as Kill Devil Hills but newspapers had picked up the dateline of
Kitty Hawk. Wright Brothers National Memorial and Visitor Center
and the Memorial Pylon are nearby reminders of the days when
Orville and Wilbur Wright made this area their headquarters.
Called Chickahauk by native Indians, some believe "Kitty Hawk"
is the closest English pronunciation of the Indian phrase
meaning "goose hunting grounds" .....more about the name.
|Wilbur Wright gliding, 1901.|