tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post4331043496851774508..comments2024-03-06T11:07:23.753-05:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Ocracoke AirportPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-54261999368014786522012-03-14T09:17:00.946-04:002012-03-14T09:17:00.946-04:00Anon 7:15 -- Phil was talking about the most isola...Anon 7:15 -- Phil was talking about the most isolated sections of our beach, those areas sometimes frequented by "nature lovers." No one else is offering flight service as Phil did. I have flown over Ocracoke several times. For a while I even took flight lessons, though I never soloed. I realized I would never be able to afford a plane or the maintenance.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-17421726820816473062012-03-14T07:15:16.856-04:002012-03-14T07:15:16.856-04:00Phillip,
Thank you for the referral to your 2004 ...Phillip,<br /><br />Thank you for the referral to your 2004 post about the evolution of (manned) flight on Ocracoke.<br /><br />My wife and I took a sightseeing trip with Phil of Pelicn Airways. I remember him making a comment about flying over "the nude beach." A come-on for the rubes, surely, unless he was referring to Ocracoke's mostly unpeopled shoreline. I also remember a sideways comment about several young military pilots who landed vintage-looking warbirds just before our flight. From that comment--and his attire--I got a sense that Phil quite literally wore his political opinions on his sleeve.<br /><br />Since his passing, is anyone else offering such flights there, or service to Norfolk or other parts, as he once did?<br /><br />And what about you? Have you had occasion to fly the friendly skies above your own home?<br /><br />Thanks, as always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-6913154868868481572012-03-12T11:04:00.829-04:002012-03-12T11:04:00.829-04:00Back in 2004 I wrote a Newsletter about Ocracoke a...Back in 2004 I wrote a Newsletter about Ocracoke and aviation. You can read it here: http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news050404.htm, although at least one of the photos is not available, and Pelican Airways is no longer operating. Phil Platt died a few years ago.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-27193045515764563992012-03-09T15:06:53.428-05:002012-03-09T15:06:53.428-05:00One of the webcams I watch from time to time is at...One of the webcams I watch from time to time is at the Airport. You sometimes see some interesting planes sitting on the tarmax. Plus of course it gives you views back toward the village & ocean. <br /><br />http://www.ocracokeairport.com/<br /><br />NollieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-4274335764335925522012-03-09T13:30:28.811-05:002012-03-09T13:30:28.811-05:00Seems you may have sparked another future post, Ph...Seems you may have sparked another future post, Philip--one on aviation on Ocracoke.<br /><br />Two Thanksgivings ago, we watched an Osprey aircraft practice touch-and-go landings at the airport, and drove over for an up-close view.<br /><br />Parked adjacent to the airport, we got an unexpected sandblasting/blow drying when the big bird came in low and slow, approaching the tarmac, and its props pivoted from horizontal-to-vertical orientation, essentially enabling the "plane" to transform into a "helicopter" for its gentle touch down, and leaving me with another mental-note life lessons for future reference--next time, not so close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com