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County Times December 27, 1940
COAST AIRWAY ROUTE BUYS A SECOND PLANE
Driskill Puts New Stinson Five-Place Job
Through Paces;
Begins Christmas
The new five-passenger plane, bought by
Pilot Dave Driskill recently for the Coast
Airways route, Norfolk to Beaufort via
Manteo and Ocracoke, was inspected and put
through its paces this week end. The plane
went into service, beginning Christmas day.
The Ocracoke Manteo Transportation Company,
a Stanley Wahab enterprise, owns the new air
route. Driskill is president of the company,
and chief pilot. The company has a plane
bought from the Roanoke Island Flying
Service, and it was the pioneering of this
group and Pilot Driskill, who revealed the
possibilities of air travel along the
coast. The plane service will operate
between Norfolk and Beaufort. It will bring
Ocracoke and Hatteras within close touch of
the entire coast. At Roanoke Island, a new
and large airport is to be cleared soon on
land owned by the county. Ocracoke has a
good landing field which is to be improved.
Hangars will be constructed, and other
facilities added.
It is of great
interest to sportsmen that one may travel
now all the way from Norfolk to Ocracoke by
air in an hour and 15 minutes. One may leave
Baltimore or Washington by 8:30 in the
morning, and be to Ocracoke, at 10:55. When
one considers that under the old system
three to four days would be consumed in
making the trip to Ocracoke in boats, it is
easy to appreciate the saving in time for a
busy man and additional time for sport, the
air route gives.
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