More Highlights for NC Coast

• Fran’s Fury

  WRAL News documents the devastation created by Hurricane Fran on the coast of NC and in Wake County. September 1996.

• Festival of Flight

  This WRAL-TV Documentary highlights aviation in North Carolina, with special emphasis on the Wright Brothers’ first flight from Kitty Hawk on Dec. 17, 1903. Other features include construction of a 1903 Wright Flyer replica that was flown Dec. 17, 2003 during Kitty Hawk’s centennial celebration, a profile on the state’s first licensed pilot, N.C.’s military aviation history and a look at the aviation curriculum in schools. First broadcast in May 2003 and hosted by WRAL’s Bill Leslie, this WRAL special aired in conjunction with the opening weekend of Fayetteville’s Festival of Flight, an 11-day celebration featuring air shows, expos, displays, exhibits and an arts festival. It was rebroadcast in December to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ historic flight.

• Tangled Lines

  WRAL-TV News Anchor/Reporter Bill Leslie examines the challenge facing commercial fishermen in the midst of governmental regulations and restrictions. Leslie also looks at the feud between commercial and recreational fishing.