Winged Horses? WTF?

As the sand and sun of the Outer Banks slowly approached at 55 MPH, the carnival atmosphere began to emerge along Highway 158-(Grave) Digger's Dungeon , Nags Head hammocks, rows of adirondack chairs toeing the shoulder, a billboard for Barrier Island Aviation Air Tours, life-sized fiberglass winged horses, squalid roadside motels, namely Sea Oats Motel, and then the static of silence muted the commercial screams as the Highlander seemingly skimmed across Currituck Sound along Wright Memorial Bridge. And then the screaming continued-Starbucks, Wal-Mart, a Tanger Outlets billboard, another life-sized fiberglass winged horse. Hold your horses! There's another and another and another! Winged horses? WTF?




Winged Horse Extravaganza
http://www.outerbankspress.com/whe/winged-horses.html

The Winged Horse Extravaganza is a public art installation brought to the Outer banks and surrounding communities in celebration of the 2003 Centennial of Flight. From May 2002 through October 2004, 99 life-sized fiberglass horses with aluminum aircraft wings were decorated and displayed throughout the Outer Banks. Sponsors, either businesses or individual families, purchased a horse, commissioned an artist, and publicly displayed the installation.

The "Mane Event," the winged horse charitable auction, was held October 10th at Sea Scape Golf Course in Kitty Hawk. Thirty-four members of the herd went on the block along with original artwork. The two primary beneficiaries of the auction were the Corolla Wild Horse Fund and the Monument to a Century of Flight.

Current Locations

Corolla
1. Water Wings
Corolla Classic Vacations & Corolla Real Estate
next to Corolla Pizza & Winks
2. Collie
The Island Bookstore
1130 Corolla Village Rd. (horse is inside)
3. Lady-Go-Diva
The Inn at Corolla Lighthouse














4. Reflections of the American Spirit, AKA Spirit
ResortQuest Outer Banks
5. Mimmie Lou
Stan & Mary Virginia Polonsky (private home)
846 Corolla Dr, behind Food Lion shopping center
6. Corolla Speed Steed
Corolla Raceway
Timbuck II Shopping Center
7. Monto’ac
Currituck Outer Banks Visitor Center
8. Foaliage
Mike Mogil & Barbara Levine (private home)
689 Hunt Club Dr, past the Currituck Visitor Center Duck and Southern Shores
9. Floral Flight
ResortQuest Outer Banks
10. Fitz
Laura Fitzpatrick (private home)
122 Sandy Ridge Rd, oceanfront
11. Horsefly
The Waterfront Shops
12. Prince Charley Horse
The Blue Point, Barr-ee Station & Duck’s General Store
The Waterfront Shops
13. Corolla
Life’s A Beach
The Waterfront Shops
14. Star Grazer
Sea Dragon and Candy & Corks
The Waterfront Shops
15. Steve's CottEdge Blend, AKA Java
Duck's Cottage (Steve Alterman - sponsor)
The Waterfront Shops
16. Polaris (the Stallion of the Cosmos)
Herron’s Restaurant
17. Wings of Rescue
Soundfeet Shoes
18. Pirates Pony
Osprey Landing Shops
19. Stirrup Your Imagination
The Island Bookstore
Scarborough Faire Shopping Village (horse is inside)
20. Sea Biscuit
The Kerr Family (private home)
2 Fourth Ave, oceanfront



















21. Isaiah
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Sea Hawk
22. Zee Colt
Southern Shores Crossing Shopping Center

Kitty Hawk
23. School Spirit
Kitty Hawk Elementary School
24. Sir Spirit Scotch Bonnet Shellsworthy of First Flight
Aycock Brown Welcome Center
25. Kinnakeet
Stack ’Em High Pancakes
26. Dreamcatcher
Professional Floors
500 Sand Dune Dr, behind Pizzaz Pizza
27. Whitey
Black Pelican
















28. Mighty in Flight
Mighty Maid Cleaning Service
29. Sea Star
Alfred and Susan Bevan (private home)
3613 Meeting Twain Ct, turn on Tateway St, 2nd right
30. Miss Kitty and
31. Fancy Flyer
Kitty Dunes Realty

Kill Devil Hills
32. Lights, Kam-era, Action!
Chilli Peppers
33. Doubloon
Jolly Roger Restaurant
34. Outer Banks Bay, AKA “Flipper”
Goombays Grille & Raw Bar
35. Hurricane
Days Inn Mariner
36. J.J.
Mako Mike’s
37. Wilbur Bushwacker
Days Inn Wilbur & Orville Wright
38. Chamber Charlie
Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce
Colington Rd.
39. Happy Daze
Town Hall
next to Chamber of Commerce
40. Horse-oglyphics
First Flight Middle School
behind First Flight Elementary on Colington Rd.
41. Skye Dreams
Colington Harbour Entrance
42. Starry Starry Flight
Kill Devil Hills Cooperative Gallery
43. The Wright Stuff
Nags Head Shop
44. Captain Seabourne
Ramada Inn



















45. Pegasuits
Birthday Suits
46. Ameri-Go-Round
Southern Ice
400 W 8th St. (MP 10)



















Nags Head
47. Hospitality
Kelly’s Restaurant
48. Aviatrix
Outer Banks Family YMCA
49. Shiner
Kitty Hawk Kites



















50. Butterfly
Bad Barracuda’s
51. Butterfly Jubilee
Outer Banks Hospital (horse is inside lobby)
52. Chloe’s Flight
Village Realty (horse is inside)
53. Odyssey of the Hands
Harrell & Associates
54. Chillin’ Out
Penguin Isle Restaurant
55. Eyeland Nag
Frank & Catharine Freda (private home)
112 E. Sea Holly Ct., oceanfront
56. Wind Nags Point
Windmill Point Restaurant
57. High Speed Steed
Nags Head Raceway
58. Sir Stanley
Tanger Outlet Center

Roanoke Island
59. Dorothy and
60. David
College of the Albemarle Dare Co.
2 horses (horses are inside Tech Bldg.)
61. Joe
20/20 Realty

Hatteras Island
62. Hattie
Kinnakeet Shores
63. Lighthorse
Outer Beaches Realty Waves, Avon & Hatteras















Ocracoke
64. Constellation (a Rider from the Cosmic Carousel)
Howard’s Pub
65. Emilio
Back Porch Restaurant
66. Garcia Lorca
The Island Inn
67. Seahorse
Ocracoke School















Currituck Mainland
68. Premonition
Prospect Generation Systems
Freedom Business Park
69. Old Tom Morris
East Coast Game Rooms and Golf (horse is inside store)

Off the Outer Banks
70. Tiny Timber
Dismal Swamp Welcome Center
2356 US Hwy 17 N, South Mills, NC (horse is inside welcome center)