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The Curtiss R3C-1 Racer

Cyrus Bettis won the 1925 Pulitzer Trophy in the Curtiss R3C-1 Racer.

The Curtiss R3C-1 Racer

U.S. Army Air Service Lt. Cyrus K. Bettis won the 1925 Pulitzer Trophy Race flying the Curtiss R3C-1 racer. The airplane, the same one displayed in the Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight gallery, was designated R3C-1 when equipped with wheels and R3C-2 when equipped with floats.

Credit: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (NASM A-53868).

Date: 1925

Photo Number: NASM A-53868

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The Curtiss R3C-1 Racer

The Curtiss R3C-1 Racer