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With our love of the Outer Banks, we have been camping in this area for 23 years.  So, we find ourselves in the area on June 13^th just in time for the 28^th Annual Rogallo Kite Festival at Jockey’s ridge State Park in Nags head, N. C.  Co-hosting the event was Kitty Hawk Kites.  You can park at the state park or Kitty Hawk Kites.  Kitty Hawk Kites had games and kite making activities along with available parking for those that could not walk the distance and still wanted to see the kites.  There is also a nice shop to get an ice cream treat.  

Jockey’s Ridge is the tallest natural sand dune system in the Eastern United States.  Small wonder then that this is the historical site of the Wright brother’s famous flights.  Cost of Jockey Ridge state park to visit for the day -$0.00.  The weather was perfect for the kites that hit the air.  Crabs (kites) on the sand, a giant squid and some wind gliders grabbed one’s attention.  As did the number of people lined up to try out wind gliding.  Several folks brought their kites and the sky was full of bright colors floating above us.  Although the Kite festival was June 13^th, you can find people flying kits on Jockey’s ridge almost year round.   Take your own and have some fun with it! We had a picnic lunch after wards in the shade of a tree at Jockey's ridge.

The history of kites is really a very interesting one.  The inventors of the kites are we know them, with flexible wings, where Francis and Gertrude Rogallo.   There are wonderful plaques telling the story of how Francis had been an inventor or things since childhood at Kitty Hawk Kites.  As an adult Francis became the director of all low speed wind tunnel research at Langely.  Without his flexible wings delta kites, stunt kites, hang gliding, kite boarding and sport parachuting and paragliding would not have evolved.  He and his wife took clues from nature while creating the flexing material. They then turned the patent over to NASA so that everyone in the world would benefit from his discovery.  A nonprofit corporation was established in 1992 to honor the Rogallos and to protect the legacy of free flight for all people.

You can make donations at the store “Kitty Hawk Kites” (www.kittyhawk.com) or you can mail donations to;

                                                               The Rogallo Foundation - P.O. Box 1839 Nags Head, N.C. 27959

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