The Curtiss R3C-1 Racer
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Cyrus Bettis won the 1925 Pulitzer Trophy in the Curtiss R3C-1 Racer.
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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.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (NASM A-53868).
Photo Number:
NASM A-53868
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1925
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