New Year Travels

I got an iPod Touch for Christmas and true to form, i made some photos with it while traveling.

The Liberty Belle

Stephanie Greene-Williams, of Winder, laughs as she gets off of the World War II era B-17 "Liberty Belle" with the help of Liberty Foundation chief pilot Ray Fowler on Monday Feb. 8, 2010 at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta. Fowler, a Georgian, is one of only a handful of modern pilots qualified to fly the vintage aircraft. Passengers usually marvel at the narrow bomb bay platform and heavy payload that crew members had to routinely squeeze past just to get into the cockpit. (David Manning/david.manning@onlineathens.com)

Monday, i got to ride in a World War II-era B-17 Bomber, restored and made to look like the original Liberty Belle, part of the Army's 8th Air Corps that flew bombing missions into Germany from England.

This particular airframe never saw combat and was salvaged after being a test-stand for Pratt & Whitney. Its a flying museum and they use it to raise money for Angel Flight and other charities.

While flying over Stone Mountain, i got to look through the bomb sight. :D

Audio Slideshow is after the jump.

Look Boss! De Plane! De Plane!

An Air Force C-17 cargo plane heads in for a touch-and-go landing at Athens Ben Epps airport on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009.

I got as close to the end of the runway as i legally could. I wanted to try and make a dramatic image with a 20, to try and get the plane going over my head if i could. Instead, i tried to get as low as i could and just shoot it going in front of the sun.

Twisted my ankle as my car couldn't make it to where i wanted to be.