Happy Birthday, Francis Rogallo!
Francis Rogallo was born on January 27th, 1912. The NASA aeronautical engineer is widely known as the father of modern hang gliding. He eventually celebrated 97 birthdays, but one in particular stands out, in 1974.
Category: Hang Gliding
Kitty Hawk Kites is home to the largest hang gliding school, boasting over 45 years of experience sharing the joy of free flight. As a result of teaching hundreds of thousands of hang gliding students sine 1974, we have loved chasing our goal to teach the world to fly! Discover the thrill of hang gliding at our flight school in the Outer Banks. Here, you can build the foundation to become a hang gliding pilot. We offer paths to earning your hang 1 and hang 2 certifications. Then explore your interest in competition or cross country free flight.
A Spectacular Hang Gliding Competition
This past weekend, something amazing happened. Against all odds, the 48th Annual Hang Gliding Spectacular Competition took place on October 25-27. The Spectacular is the longest continually running hang gliding competition in the world. We were afraid that we wouldn’t be able to uphold that …
Kitty Hawk Kites Instructor: ‘Why I love teaching hang gliding’
Very simply, I love teaching hang gliding because I love watching someone’s life change right in front of me. We have all sorts of students; there are those who are confident it will be easy, those who’re just along for the ride, those who are …
What to Bring on Your Hang Gliding Lesson
So you want to learn how to fly. Great! But before you head out to the dunes, there are a few things that we recommend you bring with you on your hang gliding lesson.
The 46th Anniversary of Hang Gliding at Grandfather Mountain
On this day 46 years ago, July 13, 1974, Kitty Hawk Kites founder John Harris became the first person to hang glide at Grandfather Mountain.