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1925 Schneider Trophy Race Scorecard

Doolittle flew the course at an average speed of 232 miles per hour.

1925 Schneider Trophy Race Scorecard

Doolittle flew the course at an average speed of 232 miles per hour. He credited his win to his new racing technique: climb under full power toward a pylon, then make a steep banked diving turn, which he believed gave him the critical speed advantage.

Credit: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI 77-3225).

Date: 1925

Photo Number: SI 77-3225