Aircraft Photo of No Reg | Curtiss-Cox 22

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	No Reg
Aircraft Original Type:	Curtiss 22
Aircraft Generic Type:	Curtiss 22
Aircraft Version:	Curtiss-Cox 22
C/n (msn):
Aircraft Name:	Texas Wildcat

Location
City / Airport:	Garden City - Roosevelt Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:	New York, United States
Airport Codes:	None

Photo Date:	July 1920
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	571105

Photo Comment
One of two aircraft built for oil magnate SEJ Cox to compete in the 1920 Gordon Bennett air race at Etampes in France. Handling problems and poor takeoff performance led to a rushed conversion to a biplane. Texas Wildcat was written off when it flipped on landing at Etampes at the end of its short flight from the Morane factory where the conversion had been done. The other aircraft, named Cactus Kitten, shipped back the US without being uncrated. It was converted to a triplane and came second in the 1921 Pulitzer Trophy Race. Photo from: Library of Congress This photo was added on 12 May 2023, and has since been viewed 274 times.

Photo Comment

One of two aircraft built for oil magnate SEJ Cox to compete in the 1920 Gordon Bennett air race at Etampes in France. Handling problems and poor takeoff performance led to a rushed conversion to a biplane. Texas Wildcat was written off when it flipped on landing at Etampes at the end of its short flight from the Morane factory where the conversion had been done. The other aircraft, named Cactus Kitten, shipped back the US without being uncrated. It was converted to a triplane and came second in the 1921 Pulitzer Trophy Race. Photo from: Library of Congress

This photo was added on 12 May 2023, and has since been viewed 274 times.

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