Friday, October 26, 2007 was a historic day. A WW II B-17 and B-24 bomber (the B-24 is the only one of 14,000 B-24's made that is still flying now) flew into the Bessemer airport. The B-17 had the wife of the pilot of the Memphis Belle (she is the older lady in the pictures), an over 80-year old man who had flown the exact B-17 he was on 64 years ago, and my father. My father, retired Air Force, had the opportunity to fly from Huntsville to Bessemer on a B-17 WW II bomber. Watching the two planes land in Bessemer was a fantastic site. The first 20 something pictures were taken by my dad (some during the flight) and the remaining pictures were taken by me. Two of the most beautiful pictures to me are the ones of my father holding his grandson (my nephew) Reece while talking to him about the airplanes. It was a beautiful site to see a 17 month old pointing to the airplanes while my dad was talking to him. I hope you enjoy the pictures!