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Airframe History
Current status: Preserved
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On display at the Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery at the National Air and Space Museum. The R3C-1 won the Pulitzer Trophy for landplanes in 1925, and with floats added on, won the Schneider Cup for seaplanes as the R3C-2 in the same year. Shortly after winning the Schneider Cup, Lt. Jimmy Doolittle set a world speed record of 245.7 mph in the R3C-2.