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Pilot Carol Riese, of Wisconsin, controls the world’s only flying B-24J Liberator as it flies over downtown Raleigh during the Wings of Freedom Tour at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, 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)