Albert Wheeler waited 67 years to take a ride on the bomber he says saved his life.

On Saturday, thanks to a selfless act by a Shawnee man young enough to be his grandson, Wheeler finally got to live out his dream.

The World War II veteran from Oklahoma City was telling war stories Friday in the cockpit of a B-29 Superfortress at Wiley Post Airport in Bethany when an inspired stranger decided Wheeler needed to experience the aircraft in all its glory.

Before the 88-year-old veteran could object, Drew Walker, a 27-year-old system operator for Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. swiped his credit card through a credit card machine set up alongside the airport's runway and bought Wheeler a ticket to ride.