{"id":1362,"date":"2015-12-17T11:50:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T16:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativeme.com\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2015-12-17T11:50:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T16:50:17","slug":"this-day-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativeme.com\/?p=1362","title":{"rendered":"This Day in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 17 is actually an important day in history.\u00a0 Know what it is?<\/p>\n

The first real, successful flight of a powered heavier than air aircraft.\u00a0 The Wright brothers day where they tested their flying machine which would become known as planes, aircraft, airplanes, ufos, etc.<\/p>\n

Its truly amazing how far the science of flying has come in such a short amount of time.\u00a0 There have been many failures, but you can’t have success without failure.\u00a0 Many times those failures spurred success.<\/p>\n

The names of many who tried to fly and failed are lost to history, but the Wright brothers finally managed to succeed because they failed to give up.<\/p>\n

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The iconic image of Orville Wright\u2019s first flight with Wilbur running alongside the right wing as the craft broke earth\u2019s gravity near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, almost didn\u2019t happen. Coast Guardsman John T. Daniels was thrust into the limelight when he was tasked with operating Wilbur\u2019s boxy Korona-V glass-plate camera to document the Wright brothers flight into history Dec. 17, 1903. Photo by John T. Daniels.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

December 17 is actually an important day in history.\u00a0 Know what it is? The first real, successful flight of a powered heavier than air aircraft.\u00a0 The Wright brothers day where they tested their flying machine which would become known as planes, aircraft, airplanes, ufos, etc. Its truly amazing how far the science of flying has […]
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