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   John Thomas Daniels Jr. (July 31, 1873 – January 31, 1948) was a member of the U.S. Life-Saving Station in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, who took the photograph of the first powered flight on December 17, 1903. [1] The flight was by the Wright brothers flying their Wright Flyer.

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   More than a century ago, a man named John T. Daniels photographed the most iconic moment in aviation history, when he captured the Wright brothers' first flight in Kill Devil Hills, North...

4. www.smithsonianmag.com › air-space-magazine › wrightThe Wright Brothers’ First Flight Photo, Annotated

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   When three members of the U.S. Lifesaving Service Station at Kill Devil Hills walked up from the beach to help out, Wilbur handed John T. Daniels the bulb that would activate the shutter and...

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5. www.thehenryford.org › collections-and-researchFirst Flight of Wright 1903 Flyer at Kill Devil Hills, North ...

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   When John T. Daniels snapped the shutter on Orville Wright's camera, he captured one of the most significant images ever taken. The photo not only shows the moment of liftoff during the Wright brothers' first flight, but also the instant that heavier-than-air flight began.

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   Before the brothers were quite ready to fly the machine, John T. Daniels, Willie S. Dough, and Adam D. Etheridge, personnel from the Kill Devil Hills Life Saving Station, arrived to see the trials; with them came William C. Brinkley of Manteo, and John T. Moore, a boy from Nags Head.

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   The camera had been set on a tripod by Orville, who instructed John T. Daniels of the Kill Devil Hill Lifesaving Station how and when to snap the shutter. Daniels did exactly as he was told and the result captures with clarity and drama the world's first airplane flight at the exact moment of liftoff.

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   Who was John Thomas Daniels?

   • Daniels' photograph was adapted for the North Carolina quarter in the 50 State Quarters program John Thomas Daniels, Jr. (July 31, 1873 – January 31, 1948) was a member of the U.S. Life-Saving Station in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, who took the photograph of the first powered flight on December 17, 1903.

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   When did John Daniels retire from the Coast Guard?

   • Daniels retired from the Coast Guard in 1918. In 1913, a decade after his famous photo, an older cousin of his, Josephus Daniels, became Secretary of the Navy, and later, Ambassador to Mexico, while earlier in life he had been a newspaper editor and publisher, gaining a controlling interest in the Raleigh News & Observer .

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   Did Kate Jameson reunite with John Daniels?

   • On December 17, 2012, the great-grandniece of the Wright Brothers, Kate Jameson (through their niece Leontine Wright, daughter of their brother Lorin, later Jameson) reunited with the great-grandson of photographer John T. Daniels, also named John Daniels.

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   How did John Daniels survive the first airplane crash?

   • Daniels grabbed a strut in an attempt to hold down the aircraft, but he was caught between the wings as the Flyer flipped end over end. Daniels was not seriously hurt, but the Flyer was destroyed with even the engine block split in half. Daniels would tell the story of the day he "survived the first airplane crash" for the remainder of his life.

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9. www.wyso.org › first-flight-and-the-photographFirst Flight and the Photograph - WYSO

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   Dec 17, 2012 · The brothers asked Kitty Hawk Life Saving crewman John T. Daniels to stand with the camera and squeeze the air bulb that trips the shutter when the Flyer reached the end of the launching rail.