MORE TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION

The N.C. Department of Transportation has finalized transportation plans for the First Flight Centennial Celebration. Additional bus service has been added on Dec. 16 and 17 to serve attendees staying in the Southern Shores, Duck and Corolla area as well as the Salvo, Rodanthe and Hatteras area. This service will operate on a limited schedule -- just prior to the gates opening in the morning and just after the gates close in the evening. Buses will pick up attendees at the following locations: 

Extended Service to the North

• Ocean Club Ventures, Corolla

• Hampton Inn, Pine Island

• Sanderling Inn, Duck

• Norbanks Sailing Center, Duck

• Duck Ridge/Wee Winks Square, Duck

• Duck Soundside Shoppes, Duck

• Hillcrest Beach Access Parking Lot, Southern Shores

• Southern Shores Crossing (adjacent to Southern Shores Town Hall)

• Marketplace Shopping Center (pick-up in Parking Lot off U.S.158), Southern Shores

Extended Service to the South 

• Salvo Day Use Area -- Cars will be parked on the grass area of the Day Use Area and buses will leave from the asphalt area within it, close to the west side of N.C. 12

• KOA Cape Hatteras -- Attendees will park in the KOA Cape Hatteras lot and walk to the bus loading area at Camp Hatteras Campground just north of the parking lot. 

In addition, 33 stops along the Circulator Shuttle Route on N.C. 12 have been identified as well as four stops on Colington Island. Please visit either www.ncdot.org or www.firstflightcentennial.org for a complete list of these stops. The department also emphasizes that four lanes of U.S. 158 - two lanes in each direction - will be maintained for general traffic at all times. A brochure with general transportation information is also available online and will be available at the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau after December 4.

Questions? E-mail your transportation questions to firstinflight@dot.state.nc.us

Get your official flags, custom lightpole banners, stickers and license plates to show your support for The Event of the Century!  Custom flags and banners are available with the official First Flight Centennial logo (and can be customized with your location or organization). 

KDH to Woloomanata -- Don't ask us how to pronounce it, but our best wishes go with three Australian aviators departing the Outer Banks today en route to Woloomanata. Pilots John Pettit, Boyd Monroe and Fabio Betin are making the trip as part of Air Safety Australia's Celebration of the Joy of Flight. The trio plans to fly to the "land down under" via Iceland and Greenland and will make refueling stops at JFK in New York City, Scotland, Heathrow in London, Ankara, Tehran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, the Bay of Bengal, Singapore and Bali before landing at Woloomanata, a site owned by Pettit that served as a base for Spitfires during World War II.

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