Captain 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. The Apollo 15 capsule landed safely despite a parachute failure. ... The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I and occasionally Kitty Hawk) was the first powered aircraft designed and built by the Wright Brothers. ... ... This article is becoming very long. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
On 1 March1912, Berry jumped from a Benoit pusher biplane from 1,500 feet (457 m) and landed successful at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. The 36 foot (11 m) diameter parachute was contained in a metal cannister attached to the underside of the plane - when Berry dropped from the plane his weight pulled the parachute from the cannister. 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. March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Hs123 biplane. ... Jefferson Barracks Military Post was open in 1826 to replace Fort Bellefontaine 1806-1826. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
AlbertBerry is a well known Northwest craftsman who created fine pieces of hammered copper and jewelry with Indian and Northwest motifs.
Albert's experience as a miner and hunter in Alaska helped him in gathering and trading for local artifacts which were used to adorn much of his work such as fossilized walrus and mammoth ivory, gold nuggets and antlers often seen on his wares.
AlbertBerry continued to produce his wares in Seattle, with his wife and brother assisting him in production until Albert's death on October 10, 1949.
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