Posted on 8/26/2020

Fly Free in NC

- Clarissa G., marketing coordinator
Wright Brothers's Glider Test Flight in 1902Photo by OuterBanks.orgNorth Carolina is the perfect place to take flight. In 1903, the Wright Brothers took off from the sandy height of the dune at Jockey’s Ridge in Kitty Hawk in what is considered (unless you’re from Dayton, Ohio) to be the first powered flight. Two military bases and an air field just moments from the coast keep aviation in the forefront of our minds (and EARS!). Flying is a thrill that many people love. Me personally, I don’t find planes enjoyable. I’m not a terribly social person, and I don’t enjoy crowded spaces, so that probably explains my aversion to commercial flight.This is not fun for someone with social anxiety. Or anyone else, for that matter!
But when I’m laying on the beach and watching the waves crash against the sand, I’m always wondering what it must be like to be a sea bird. I think I would like that kind of flight… free, open and at my leisure with nothing but air around me.
Pelicans, gulls, even an egret or sandpiper. Of course all birds get to experience the view from above – but to be a sea bird must be a wonderful thing. They get to have all 3 – land, air and water. The sights they must see from above – watching the waves roll in from far out to sea and up over the sand; tiny little specks of people frolicking on the beach – HERE is where they are carefully concentrated, hoping someone will kindly toss a chip or piece of bread into the air; watching whales, dolphins and large schools of fish make their way through the salty waters.Fly Free in NC