On This Day in History / October 26, 2022 1925: Lt. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle flies the Curtiss R3C-2 floatplane to a Schneider Cup victory near Baltimoreharbor. Doolittle’s average speed was just over 230 miles per hour. He sets the world seaplane speed record of 245.713 miles per hour in the same R3C-2 the next day.