Joseph Eugene Carberry was a pioneer aviator who won the Mackay Trophy

MacKay trophy

The Mackay Trophy was established on 27 January 1911 by Clarence Hungerford Mackay, who was then head of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company and the Commercial Cable Company. Originally, aviators could compete for the trophy annually under rules made each year or the War Department could award the...

 in 1913 with Fred Seydel.

Biography

He was born on July 20, 1887 to John M. Carberry in Waukesha, Wisconsin

Waukesha, Wisconsin

Waukesha is a city in and the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. The population was 70,718 at the 2010 census, making it the largest community in the county and 7th largest in the state. The city is located adjacent to the Town of Waukesha...

. He set an Army record for altitude carrying a passenger on December 26, 1913, piloting a Curtiss Model G to 7800 feet (2,377.4 m). Three days later he won the MacKay Trophy at Encinitas, California

Encinitas, California

Encinitas is a coastal beach city in San Diego County, California. Located within Southern California, it is approximately north of San Diego in North County and about south of Los Angeles. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 59,518, up from 58,014 at the 2000 census. Encinitas is...

, this time flying S.C. No. 23, a Curtiss Model E

Curtiss Model E

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 airplane manufactured by Army aviators entirely from spare parts. On January 5, 1915 he set an altitude record of 11690 feet (3,563.1 m), carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger. He died on November 12, 1961 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

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