Marc Maready <<mmaready>>
writes:

KITTY HAWK KITES ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE NEW HAMPSHIRE HANG
GLIDING AND PARAGLIDING SCHOOL

Nags Head, NC, July 8, 2011 – Kitty Hawk Kites announced today that, in
partnership with wind energy entrepreneur David Blittersdorf, it has reached an
agreement to purchase Morningside Flight Park in Charlestown, NH. Founded in
1974, Morningside has been an important part of the hang gliding and paragliding
communities for nearly forty years. The park will continue to operate under the
Morningside name, and no major changes in park operations are expected. Closed
in October 2010 after the death of long-time operator Jeff Nicolay, the park is
expected to reopen on or around July 16.

For Kitty Hawk Kites, the acquisition serves multiple purposes, including the
preservation of Morningside Flight Park as a center for hang gliding and
paragliding in the Northeastern United States. Kitty Hawk Kites has also
announced its intention to work with The Foundation for Free Flight to place a
conservation easement on the Morningside property to ensure its long-term use as
a site for hang gliding and paragliding. The acquisition also provides an
opportunity for Kitty Hawk Kites, which operates the world’s largest hang
gliding school on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to further expand its
mission to “teach the world to fly.”

Situated on several hundred acres in the Connecticut River Valley, Morningside’s
sloping topography makes it an ideal place to teach hang gliding and paragliding
lessons. As students advance in skill, they can increase the altitude from which
they launch without ever leaving the park’s training facility and be fully
prepared for mountain flying.

“We know that Morningside is a very special place, and we’re grateful we can
play a part in preserving it as a flight park,” said John Harris, Kitty Hawk
Kites’ founder and president. “We look forward to building on what Jeff Nicolay
and Phil Haynes built.”

Morningside will continue to offer beginner through advanced instruction in
foot-launch and aero-tow/tandem hang gliding, as well as paragliding. Kitty Hawk
Kites will also hold a community social to celebrate the park’s reopening.
Details are being finalized and will be posted on Morningside Flight Park’s
website: www.flymorningside.com.

Bill McKellar <<bill>>
writes:

Nags Head, NC July 8th, 2011-Kitty Hawk Kites announced that in
partnership with wind energy entrepreneur David Blittersdorf it has reached an
agreement to purchase Morningside Flight Park in North Charlestown NH. Founded
in 1974, Morningside has been an important part of the hang gliding and
paragliding communities for nearly 40 years. The park will continue to operate
under the Morningside name and no major changes in park operations are expected.
Closed in Oct., 2010 after the untimely death of long time operator Jeff
Nicolay, the park is expected to to reopen on or around July 16th

For Kitty Hawk Kites, the acquisition serves multiple purposes including the
preservation of Morningside Flight Park as a center for hang gliding and
paragliding activities in the Northeastern United States. Kitty Hawk Kites has
also announced it's intention to work with the Foundation for Free Flight to
place a conservation easement on the property to ensure its long-term use for
hang gliding and paragliding. The acquisition also provides an opportunity for
Kitty Hawk Kites, which operates the world's largest hang gliding school on the
Outer Banks of North Carolina, to further expand its mission to "teach the world
to fly".

Situated on several hundred acres in the Connecticut River Valley, Morningside's
sloping topography makes it an ideal place to teach hang gliding and paragliding
lessons. As students advance in skill, they can increase the altitude from which
they launch without ever leaving the parks training facility, and be fully
prepared for mountain flying.

"We know that Morningside is a very special place, and we're grateful that we
can play a part in preserving it as a flight park" said John Harris, Kitty
Hawk's founder and president. We look forward to building on what Jeff Nicolay
and Phil Haynes built".

Morningside will continue to offer beginning through advanced instruction in
foot-launch and aero-tow/tandem hang gliding, as well as paragliding. Kitty Hawk
Kites will also hold a community social to celebrate the park's reopening.
Details are being finalized and will be posted on Morningside's website:
www.flymorningside.com.