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Grant Morton (1857?–1920),[1] born William H. Morton, was one of the first people to successfully attempt skydiving, and is sometimes credited with the first skydive and jump from a powered aeroplane, in 1911.[2] Supposedly, at age 54, Morton, a veteran career parachutist, made the first dive by jumping from a Wright Model B over Venice, California.[3]
- ^ Who's Who of Ballooning by Robert Recks; online version of printed source. Retrieved October 29, 2017
- ^ Meeks, Christopher (1991). Skydiving. Capstone Press. ISBN 978-1-56065-051-5.
- ^ Bates, Jim (1990). Parachuting: from student to skydiver. Tab Books. ISBN 978-0-8306-3406-4.