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53rd Annual Hand Gliding Spectacular
May 15 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Join professional hang glider pilots, fans, families, and friends for this Kitty Hawk Flight School tradition. The Hang Gliding Spectacular is the longest-running hang gliding competition in the world!
Kitty Hawk Kites invites pilots from all over the country to come fly on this four-day event at Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Nags Head, NC, and the Cotton Gin in Jarvisburg, NC. We will have gliders from Wills Wing and Moyes to demo. We have had over 100 pilots attend this amazing event in the past and has become an Outer Banks & Hang Gliding tradition tradition!
The Hang Gliding Spectacular and Air Games is FREE TO THE PUBLIC FOR VIEWING with fun activities all day long.
THURSDAY, MAY 15
8:00 AM Check-in and set up @ Cotton Gin (Registration highly encouraged online)
9:00 AM Aerotow competition begins
FRIDAY, MAY 16
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Check-in and set up @ JRSP
11:00 AM Pilot’s meeting and start of dune competition
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM Opening Night Social @Kitty Hawk Kites, Nags Head
SATURDAY, MAY 17
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Set up @ JRSP
10:00 AM Pilot’s meeting and start of dune competition
6:30 PM Instructor Alumni Reunion @ Kitty Hawk Kites, Nags Head
7:00 PM Woody Jones Memorial Street Dance @ Kitty Hawk Kites, Nags Head