Albert Berry

Albert Berry (born March 1, 1878, date of death unknown) 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, United States, leaping from a Benoist pusher biplane.

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, United States, sometime late in 1911.

Early life Albert Berry was the son of balloonist John Berry. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Parachute jump

Berry had extensive experience parachuting from balloons before his first airplane jump.

He was a US Army Captain by this time and was also known as "Captain Bert Berry."

Berry jumped from an airplane again on March 10, 1912, in front of a crowd in San Francisco.