05/15/2025 to 05/18/2025
May 15-18, 2025
Event: Annual Hang Gliding Spectacular
Date: May 15-18, 2025
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 Annual Hang Gliding Spectacular will be held from May 15th to May 18th. 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:
*Schedule subject to change. All events are weather-dependent
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 Hang Gliding Film Festival @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
SUNDAY, MAY 18
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Set up @ JRSP
9:00 AM Pilot’s meeting and start of dune competition
12:30 PM Rogallo Hall of Fame Inductee Speeches @JRSP Community Room
3:30 PM Official Rogallo Hall of Fame Induction
4:00 PM Spectacular Awards Ceremony @ Kitty Hawk Kites, Nags Head
Catered by Mulligan’s Bar and Grille
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.
