He studied at Catholic University.
He joined the United States. Army Signal Corps. He served in the Philippines from 1899 to 1902. He was assigned to the Wright Military Flyer.
He went with it to College Park Airport, and Fort Sam Houston.
On 8 August 1910, he installed tricycle landing gear, with Glen Madole. On July 14, 1911, he left to work for Robert J. Collier.
He learned to fly at Dayton, Ohio, and Wickatunk, New Jersey, where he soloed on May 18, 1912. On July 4, 1912, he flew a Wright-Burgess seaplane, from South Amboy to Perth Amboy, across the Raritan River, to drop mail.
He is an inductee of the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey.