Captain Albert Berry | |
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| Born | Albert Berry March 1, 1878 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Pioneering The Parachute |
Albert Berry (born March 1, 1878, date of death unknown)[citation needed] was one of two people credited as the first person to make a successful parachute jump from a powered airplane. Berry made his pioneering jump on March 1, 1912, in St. Louis, Missouri, leaping from a Benoist pusher biplane.[1][2][3]
The other contender is Grant Morton, who is reported to have jumped from a Wright Model B piloted by Phil Parmalee over Venice Beach, California, sometime late in 1911.[4]
- ^ "Drops From Biplane With a Parachute" (PDF). The New York Times. March 2, 1912. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "Jefferson Barracks". Archived from the original on September 5, 2006. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ Reichhardt, Tony (February 29, 2012). "Berry's Leap". The Daily Planet. Air & Space/Smithsonian. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012.
- ^ "Early History". Australian Parachute Federation. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved July 17, 2021.