The CR-3 was a mid-wing radial engined taildragger racer with manual retractable landing gear and a tail skid.

The elevators experienced significant vibration in test flights without the wing root fairings installed.

The CR-3 lasted 61 days, winning every event it competed in: En route to an airshow in August 1933, the CR-3 experienced a failure of both the tail skid and a landing gear weld that would not allow the gear to lock.

Livingston bailed out over Columbus, Ohio and the CR-3 was destroyed in its ensuing crash.

Data from Sport Aviation[citation needed]General characteristics Performance