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Albert Berry is one of two people credited as the first person to make a successful
parachute jump from a powered aeroplane. The other contender is Grant Morton, who is reported to have jumped from a
Wright Model B flying over
Venice Beach,
California sometime late in 1911.
On
1 March,
1912, Berry jumped from a Benoit pusher
biplane from 1,500 feet (457 m) and landed successfully at
Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri. The pilot was
Tony Jannus. The 36 foot (11 m) diameter parachute was contained in a metal canister attached to the underside of the plane - when Berry dropped from the plane his weight pulled the parachute from the canister. Rather than being attached to the parachute by a harness Berry was seated on a trapeze bar. According to Berry he dropped 500 feet (152 m) before the parachute opened.
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