John Berry
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John Berry was an inventor and aeronaut from St. Louis, Missouri. He flew his balloon, the St. Louis at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
Berry was backed by the Berry Aerial Navigation Company, directed by C. W. Laurel, J. A. Schilling, William Sutter, and Thomis W. Benoist. Berry's backers were leaning on him to compete in the World's Fair contest, and had filed a lawsuit against him before he appeared, with the St. Louis, at the fairgrounds on 29 October 1904.[1]
The St. Louis was a balloon, 52' long, with capacity of 22,000 cubic feet, and a propeller belt running vertically through the center, as shown in the 1903 patent.[1]
Berry belonged to the South St. Louis Aero Club.
Patents whose inventor or applicant is John Berry
- Patent US-1903-723636 (English title: Airship, Filing date: 1902-03-03)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Horgan, 1965, pp. 117–118.
