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One of the most enterprising individual's in the state's history was Ocracoke native Stanley Wahab. Leaving the island to get a higher education and to make his fortune, Wahab returned in the 1930s to bring Ocracoke out of its isolation. Among the numerous things he did were building Wahab Village, the light plant, and ice house; building modern hotels, motels, and cottages; financing the Ocracoke- Hatteras ferry and bus line; and establishing a flying service between Manteo and Ocracoke.
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41254
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The Outer Banks’ association with aircraft can also be attributed to David Driskill. In fact, from his ferrying of provisions, parcels, pay, and people, he became synonymous with flight for generations of locals. Acknowledgment of his two decades’ plus of service is attested in an article from another local famed figure, Aycock Brown, and a monument, erected after his death in a plane crash in 1952.
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Driskill, David, 1897-1952; Aviation--History; Aviation--North Carolina--Outer Banks; Flight; Brown, Charles Brantley Aycock, 1904-1984; Outer Banks--History; Outer Banks--Culture; Dare County Regional Airport Museum (Manteo); Wright Brothers National Memorial (Kill Devil Hills); Wright Brothers National Memorial--see also Kill Devil Hills Monument ; Outer Banks History Center (Manteo); State Archives of North Carolina ; National Park Services--David Driskill; Wahab, Stanley, 1888-1967; Stanley Wahab--see also Robert Stanley Wahab