Bombs away: 250 watch candy drop as children learn about Berlin Airlift
By REGGIE PONDER
Daily Advance Staff Writer
Sunday, December 13, 2009
A crowd estimated at more than 250 turned out at the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Regional Airport Saturday for a “candy drop” commemorating the Berlin Airlift at the end of World War II.
As kids waited for the plane to take off and pass overhead — dropping chocolate bars on parachutes — parents and grandparents had their hands full keeping the kids on the white concrete area where they had been instructed to wait. [read full story in the Daily Advance]
Flight Festival goes on as bad weather delays Candy Bomber run
By Toby Tate
Daily Advance Staff Writer
Saturday, December 05, 2009
The Candy Bomber drop had to be postponed Saturday due to bad weather and rescheduled for next Saturday at noon at Elizabeth City Regional Airport, according to airport manager Scott Hinton.
“The airplane is going to stay here, but (the crew) is going to go home,” Hinton said. “This works out because they had to come back and pick up the airplane next Saturday to take it to Manteo since they have a (candy) drop there on Sunday.” [read full story in the Daily Advance]
