Albert Berry (parachutist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American parachutist
Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1878
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession: skydiver
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Albert Berry (parachutist)
- Captain Albert Berry is one of two people credited as the first person to make a successful parachute jump from a powered airplane.
- 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.
- Morton's pilot was Phil Parmalee.On 1 March 1912, Berry jumped from a Benoist 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 400 feet (152 m) before the parachute opened.
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