Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 10

223 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 10 WI LL I AMSBURG JAMESTOWN A I RPORT Griffin, Neil Armstrong and Elizabeth Taylor. The airport has seen four astronauts call the airport home: Don Eiseley, Steve Robinson, and Frank Borman all had aircraft based here and David Brown learned to y at Williamsburg Jamestown Airport. Waltrip muses, “We are surrounded by a lot of history in the nation’s Historic Triangle. We are within a mile, as the crow flies, of Colonial Williamsburg and the living museum, also Jamestown, which was settled in 1607. Yorktown, famous for the battle of Yorktown, the last major battle of the American War of Independence is less than 15 miles away. Bush Gardens Theme Park and Water Country USA are right next door along with a dozen world class golf courses, and all the local shops and restaurants… it is just a great place to fly into and have access to a lot of different things to do.” When it comes to restaurants, one would be remiss not to mention Charly’s Airport Restaurant which has been around for just as many years and offers homecooked meals and desserts that have become famous both on and off the airport. It also is the only place to eat in town that offers a front-row patio view of takeoffs and landings. “The pilots have a $100 hamburger club membership,” says Waltrip, “and out of 1800 some restaurants in the United States, we were voted the number one restaurant in 2007 and number two in 2008. The restaurant is a real asset to us and has brought in many, many, people who fly and drive in to eat here. There are not a lot of places where you can fly in and get the old-fashioned hospitality of this airport – as well as treat yourself to a home- cooked meal, freshly baked bread, and delicious pie.”