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The Pitts Model 12 was designed by Curtis Pitts starting in 1993. Pitts presented his completed design on his 80th birthday in December 1995. [4] The Pitts Model 12 is a biplane built using fabric covered welded steel tubing for the fuselage, and fabric covered wings with wood spars. The leading edge is made of formed plywood.
Certified versions of the Pitts are now produced by Aviat Aircraft in Afton, Wyoming.It is available as the S-1 single-seater with an up to 200 hp (150 kW) flat-4 Lycoming engine and a 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) wingspan, or as the S-2 two-seater variant featuring a 260 hp (194 kW) flat-6 Lycoming and a 20 ft (6.1 m) wingspan.
Pitts Special (Homebuilt - 1944) Pitts Model 12 (Homebuilt - 1996) Pitts S-2 in low level sideways flight. Rans S-9 Chaos (Homebuilt - 1986) Rans S-10 Sakota (Homebuilt - 1988) Rans S-16 Shekari (Homebuilt - 1994) Reflex Lightning Bug (Homebuilt - 1990s) Rihn DR-107 One Design (homebuilt - 1993) Rihn DR-109 (homebuilt - 1990s) Rose Parakeet ...
The M14P is also used in some experimental aircraft and kit designs such as the Murphy Moose, Radial Rocket, Pitts Model 12, and others. The M14PF is a 400 hp (298 kW) version of the M14P. Design and development
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Pitts was inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame in 1991, [25] and the International Council of Airshows (ICAS) Foundation Hall of Fame in 2002. [2] "Ma Pitts", Willie Mae, passed away in 1998. The last aircraft Curtis designed was the Pitts Model 14, a large biplane similar in size to the Model 12, but no example was built during his ...
Pitts Model 12; Pitts Samson; S. Pitts Special This page was last edited on 4 April 2013, at 03:52 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The aircraft started out as a replacement set of wings for the Pitts Special and eventually a new fuselage was designed to go with the wing set. The resulting aircraft features a strut-braced biplane layout, with cabane struts, interplane struts and flying wires, a single-seat, enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in ...