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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 (406.5 km/h).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.
