05/16/2024 to 05/19/2024
May 16-19, 2024
Event: 52nd Annual Hang Gliding Spectacular
Date: May 16-19, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Jockey’s Ridge State Park
Cost: Spectators get in free! (Competitions, Rogallo Dinner, etc. has associated costs).
About: The 52nd Annual Hang Gliding Spectacular will be held on Thursday, May 16th-Sunday May 19th. We invite pilots from all over the country to come fly with us for this four-day event at Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Nags Head, NC, and the Cotton Gin in Jarvisburg, NC (see full schedule below). We will have gliders from Wills Wing and Moyes and new Flytec equipment to demo.
*Please do not attend the Hang Gliding Spectacular if you feel ill, have a fever, or have been exposed or potentially exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 14 days. Please note that all participants will be screened upon arrival.
Join professional hang gliders, fans, and families for this Kitty Hawk Flight School tradition. The Hang Gliding Spectacular is the longest-running hang gliding competition in the world! We are excited to be celebrating the 50th consecutive year of this event and have many fun activities planned – retro glider display, video and photo exhibit, and more!
The Hang Gliding Spectacular and Air Show is FREE TO THE PUBLIC FOR VIEWING with fun activities all day long.
For more information, please visit https://www.kittyhawk.com/event/hang-gliding-spectacular/.
Schedule:
*Please Note: Schedule is subject to change.
Thursday, May 18: Aerotow Competition @ Cotton Gin
Friday, May 19: Dune Competition and Film Festival*
*Please submit all film festival entries to hangglide@kittyhawk.com
Saturday, May 20: Dune Competition, Instructor Alumni Reunion, Rogallo Dinner, and the Woody Jones Memorial Street Dance
Sunday, May 21: Weather day for Dune Competition, Rogallo Hall of Fame Induction, and the 50th Annual Hang Gliding Spectacular Awards Ceremony
Full schedule coming soon!
OBX Podcast
Billy and Megan tell us about this longest-running hang-gliding competition in the world and all of the events that happen surrounding it. Not that you need an excuse to visit the beaches of the Outer Banks but this 4-day event is as good as any.
