Mackay Trophy

The Mackay Trophy was donated in 1911 by Clarence H. Mackay who was then head of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company and the Commercial Cable Company. The award is administered by the United States National Aeronautic Association and is awarded yearly by the United States Air Force for the "most meritorious flight of the year" by an Air Force person, persons, or organization.

[edit] Awardees

Year	Awardee	Reason
1912	Henry H. Arnold
1913	Joseph E. Carberry Fred Seydel
1914	Townsend F. Dodd S. W. Fitzgerald
1915	B.Q. Jones	Duration record
1916-1917	no award
1918	Eddie Rickenbacker	highest scoring ace of WWI
1919	Lowell Smith et al	circumnavigation of the globe
1920	St. Clair Streett et al
1921	John A. Macready	altitude record
1922	John A. Macready Oakley G. Kelly	duration record
1923	John A. Macready Oakley G. Kelly	non-stop transcontinental flight
1924	Lowell H. Smith Leslie P. Arnold Leigh Wade Eric H. Nelson Henry H. Ogden	first round-the-world flight
1925	James H. Doolittle Cyrus K. Bettis	For winning the Schneider and Pulitzer Races
1926	Herbert A. Dargue Ira C. Eaker Arthur B. McDaniel C. F. Woolsey J. W. Benton Charles McRobinson Muir S. Fairchild Bernard S. Thompson Leonard D. Weddingon Ennis C. Whitehead	Pan-American Good Will Flyers
1927	Albert F. Hegenberger Lester J. Maitland	Hawaiian flight
1928	Harry A. Sutton	spin testing aircraft
1929	A. W. Steven	long range aerial photography
1930	Ralph Royce	Test flights in extreme cold
1931	Benjamin D. Foulois	commanded unit which suffered no loss of life in 40,000 hours of flying time
1932	11th Bombardment Squadron, March Field	relief missions to snowbound Navajo and Hopi