Posted on Mar 1, 2016
Skydiver, National Guard to commemorate 100th anniversary of first parachute jump
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1912 – Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from an airplane at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Berry jumped from a Benoist pusher biplane from 1,500 feet (457 m) and landed successfully. 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.
Skydiver, National Guard to commemorate 100th anniversary of first parachute jump
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He is allot braver than I would ever be. The first jump ever and from a trapeze under a plane and your chute is a metal canister. With a 509 hundred foot drop before it opens. I'll pass on that one.
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Hermann Lattemann and his wife Käthe Paulus had been jumping for a while from balloons in the late 1800's. In 1894 however Herman died at the ripe age of just 42 in a test jump with his wife. His wife had to watch in horror as her chute did deploy. While tragic Hermann inovation of packing the chute in bags would be proving the way to go. However 18 years later jumping from a plane at a rather low attitude offers little room for error. Pretty amazing vanguard for the military and the sport.
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