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About
This Event:
Thanks for coming to
the home of the oldest continually held hang gliding
competition in the world! If you've never been to the Hang
Gliding Spectacular, I highly recommend you check out our
schedule and make plans to
Pre-register for this year!
The Hang Gliding Spectacular and Air Games
The Hang Gliding Spectacular
and Air Games is a true example of
what hang gliding is all about, fun! Originally named the 1st
Annual Tactile Meet, the Spectacular has endured over 30 years of continuous
years of fun flying, good times and the creation of life long
friends. The competition is scheduled each year during the
third week of May. Over 60 competitors from all over will
travel to
Kitty Hawk Kites on the Outer Banks of coastal North
Carolina to fly, party and meet old and new friends! Click on
Photo Galleries to see all
the action!
Dune Competition
 The fun starts out with three days of
dune competition where the pilots try to round pylons and
spot land in the center of the target for points. Pilots will
often compete several inches off of the ground before setting
up for the landing making the event very exciting. We
guarantee you will see some interesting
flights and
landings!
Aero Towing Competition
 After two days of battling it out on the dunes everyone moves
to the Kitty Hawk Kites Flight Park at
Currituck County Airport for two days of
aero towing competition. The event usually includes a
duration and altitude contest mixed in with a bean-bag bomb
drop contest. The contest ends with a spot landing task which
is always fun to watch! They do change the tasks according to
the conditions which makes it fun for everyone! During the
aero towing competition there will be seminars, hang glider
demo's and the annual induction of a hang gliding pioneer into
the Rogallo hall of fame. The
day ends with a Bar-B-Q dinner catered by a local restaurant
that knows how to do it right!
Woody Jones Memorial
Street Dance
 Another fun event is the Woody Jones Memorial
Street Dance. Here everyone gathers outside of Kitty Hawk
Kites main store in Nags Head for a fun night of drinking
(BYOB) laughing and dancing with the band. This is truly a
historical event that shouldn't be missed.
The Kitty Hawk Kites
Instructor Reunion
 The annual Instructor Reunion is
a time when instructors who have taught hang gliding at
Kitty Hawk Kites can spend several hours talking about the old
days while enjoying refreshments and snacks. It is a great time and
you won't believe the stories that people remember! So If you
have been an instructor that
taught hang gliding at Kitty Hawk Kites this is your
opportunity to comeback and relive the old days. There is more
information at our special instructor reunion site from
2007's reunion:
http://www.khkalumni.com
Our Website Guestbook and Yahoo
Group
We hope you'll enjoy this website and will learn a little more
about North Carolina's best kept hang gliding secret. Feel
free to contact us with any
comments, suggestions, or photos from years past and don't
forget to sign our guestbook and
join our
Yahoo group for all the latest information and updates!
Sponsors
Kitty Hawk kites would like to thank all of our
sponsors of helping to make this
event such a success!
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links with us. Learn more at our
Link Exchange.
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