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Kitty Hawk

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Revision as of 16:54, March 4, 2025 by Solar Dragon (talk | contribs) (Undo revision 1374510 by 74.15.24.39 (talk) Not according to Wikipedia. It took place at Kill Devil Hills, 4 miles south of the town.)
"That's the Wright Brothers' plane. At Kitty Hawk in 1903 Charles Lindbergh flew it 15 miles on a thimble full of corn oil. Single-handedly won us the Civil War, it did."
Grampa Simpson[src]
Kitty Hawk
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Town/City Information
Country: USA
State/Province: North Carolina
First mentioned: "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"
First appearance: "Midnight Rx"


Kitty Hawk is a beach town in North Carolina known as the location near where the Wright brothers flew their first controlled flight in 1903.

History

Grampa mentioned Kitty Hawk when he and Bart saw the Wright Brothers' plane at the airshow but then went off on one of his nonsensical ramblings.[1]

Footage from the Wright brothers' first controlled flight in Kitty Hawk was shown at the Springfield Air and Space Museum.[2]

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