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Flight engineer Stephen Arnold, of Seattle, gives a thumbs up as the world’s only flying B-24J Liberator comes in for landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport during the Wings of Freedom Tour, October 19, 2017. Hosted by the Collings Foundation, Wings of Freedom visits more than 100 cities a year to show off working pieces of American war history as well as to educate people about the veterans of WWII. The tour will be in Burlington, NC until 12 pm on Oct. 25 and then move to Statesville, NC through Oct. 27. (Eamon Queeney / North State Journal)