The Winds of Kitty Hawk is a 1978 made-for-television film directed by E. W. Swackhamer about the Wright brothers and their invention of the first successful powered heavier-than-air flying machine. It's a tribute to the brothers and was broadcast on December 17, 1978, the 75th anniversary of their famous 1903 first aeroplane flight. It is one of several made-for-television films about historical people in aviation produced in the 1970s, including The Amazing Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart and The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case.</p><p></p><p>The film presents the brothers' lives in dramatic vignettes sometimes historically rearranged. The film makes a claimer at the beginning stating that dramatic license being taken but for the most part their story is told chronologically.</p><p></p><p>In 2012 the film became available on DVD from MGM Limitied Edition.
The Winds of Kitty Hawk has 0 Seasons and 0 Episodes.
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