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United States Navy - Curtiss 18T-2 A3325
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United States Navy - Curtiss 18T-2 A3325
United States Navy - Curtiss 18T-2 A3325 on take-off as a floatplane. After retiring from the 1922 Curtiss Marine Trophy Race with mechanical trouble, the Navy had no urgent need for both 18Ts. A3325 was left at Garden City for further testing, where a longer set of wings, with two bays of struts and a span of40 ft7) in (12.25 m), was fitted, as the 18T-2. On 18 September, 1919, Curtiss test pilot Roland Rholfs set a new worlds altitude record of34, 91 0 ft (10, 640 m) with this aircraft. Fitted with floats, A3325 also set a worlds seaplane altitude record. Date: circa 1921
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