Verville-Sperry R-3

Verville-Sperry R-3
Role racer
National origin United States
Manufacturer Lawrence Sperry Aircraft Company
Designer Alfred V. Verville
First flight 1922
Produced McCook Field Engineering Division
Number built 3

The Verville-Sperry R-3 was a cantilever wing racing monoplane with a streamlined fuselage and the second aircraft with fully retractable landing gear, the first being the Dayton-Wright RB-1. In 1961, the R-3 racer was identified as one of the "Twelve Most Significant Aircraft of all Time" by Popular Mechanics magazine. In 1924, an R-3 won the Pulitzer Trophy in Dayton, OH.

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