page_title: Curtiss R3C
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Curtiss R3C / Operators
caption_attribution_description: Curtioss R3C-2 racing biplane seaplane A6979
context_page_description: The Curtiss R3C was an American racing aircraft built in landplane and floatplane form. It was a single-seat biplane built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company.
  The R3C-1 was the landplane version and Cyrus Bettis won the Pulitzer Trophy Race in one on 12 October 1925 with a speed of 248.9 mph.
  The R3C-2 was a twin float seaplane built for the Schneider Trophy race. In 1925, it took place at Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore, Maryland. With 232.57 mph, pilot Jimmy Doolittle won the trophy with a Curtiss R3C-2. The other two R3C-2s, piloted by George Cuddihy and Ralph Oftsie, did not reach the finish line. The next day, with the same plane on a straight course, Doolittle reached 245.7 mph, a new world record. For the next Schneider Trophy, which took place on 13 November 1926, the R3C-2's engine was further improved, and pilot Christian Franck Schilt took second place with 231.364 mph.
context_section_description:  United States
  United States Navy - two examples
  United States Army Air Service - one example
caption: Surviving R3C-2 is displayed at the NASM near Washington
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