{"id":834,"date":"2015-05-21T16:37:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T23:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/?p=834"},"modified":"2015-05-21T16:42:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T23:42:56","slug":"big-day-for-lindbergh-and-earhart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/?p=834","title":{"rendered":"Big Day for Lindbergh and Earhart!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the anniversary of two great events in aviation history. \u00c2\u00a0On May 21, 1927,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Lindbergh\" target=\"blank\">Charles Lindbergh<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0landed in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic ocean. \u00c2\u00a0Five years later, on May 21, 1932,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amelia_Earhart\" target=\"blank\">Amelia Earhart<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0became the first pilot to repeat the feat, landing her plane in Ireland after flying across the North Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to these brave pioneers of the air!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Lindbergh\" target=\"blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"lindberg.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/lindberg.jpg\" alt=\"Lindberg\" width=\"250\" height=\"339\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amelia_Earhart\" target=\"blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Earhart.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Earhart.jpg\" alt=\"Earhart\" width=\"250\" height=\"339\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Both Lindberg\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inetours.com\/DC\/photos\/Spirit-St-Louis.html\" target=\"blank\">Spirit of St. Louis<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and Earhart\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_Vega\" target=\"blank\">Lockheed Vega<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0airplanes are now housed in the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/\" target=\"blank\">Smithsonian Air and Space Museum<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inetours.com\/DC\/photos\/Spirit-St-Louis.html\" target=\"blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Spirit-St-Louis_590.png\" src=\"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Spirit-St-Louis_590.png\" alt=\"Spirit St Louis 590\" width=\"590\" height=\"351\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockheed_Vega\" target=\"blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Lockheed_Vega_5b_Smithsonian.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lockheed_Vega_5b_Smithsonian.jpg\" alt=\"Lockheed Vega 5b Smithsonian\" width=\"590\" height=\"442\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the anniversary of two great events in aviation history. \u00c2\u00a0On May 21, 1927,\u00c2\u00a0Charles Lindbergh\u00c2\u00a0landed in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic ocean. \u00c2\u00a0Five years later, on May 21, 1932,\u00c2\u00a0Amelia Earhart\u00c2\u00a0became the first pilot &hellip; 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