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Former President Roosevelt flies in a Wright Biplane
October 11, 1910 former president Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first Chief Executive to fly. He went aloft as a passenger in a Wright Biplane, flown by pilot Archie Hoxsey, over St. Louis.
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Former President
becomes the first
Chief Executive to Fly.
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Wright Biplane flown by pilot Archi Hoxsey.
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Parachute jump from a powered airplane.
Albert Berry Parachutes from a Powered Airplane
First parachute jump from a powered airplane. Albert Berry jumped in a test over Jefferson Barracks military post, St. Louis, Missouri (March 1,1912). Some sources credit Grant Morton as making first jump in 1911.
