The Schneider Cup Race for the fastest seaplane in Baltimore, Maryland. A Curtiss R3C-2 (US Air Service) at the race and U.S. airmen stand around the plane. U.S. Army Air Service Lieutenant James H. Doolittle in the cockpit. Airmen push the plane in water. Gloster Napier III seaplane of England is being pushed into the water. Maachi Flying Boat of Italy in the water. Seaplanes in flight. The race is won by Curtiss R3C-2 (US Air Service). Lt. James H. Doolittle leaves the R3C-1 and is being congratulated by Mrs. Doolittle and the Chief of U.S. Army Air Service Major General Mason M. Patrick.
United States Army Air Service activities in Baltimore, Maryland. A parachutist stands on the lower wing of a biplane. He opens the parachute and jumps from the aircraft.
A close up of U.S. Army Air Service Lieutenant James Doolittle, winner of the Schneider Cup float plane race in Bay Shore Park, Baltimore, Maryland, clocking an average speed of 232 miles per hour. He is seen standing on one float of his winning Curtiss R3C-2 racer , next to a small boat containing several persons.