Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, is known for:
Wright Brothers' First Flight: Kitty Hawk holds sizable ancient importance as the website on which the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, did the arena's first powered flight on December 17, 1903. Their groundbreaking achievement in aviation occurred on the Kill Devil Hills, just south of Kitty Hawk. The Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kitty Hawk commemorates this milestone in human history.