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The Pitts Special (company designations S-1 and S-2) is a series of light aerobatic biplanes designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944. The Pitts biplanes dominated world aerobatic competition in the 1960s and 1970s and, even today, remain potent competition aircraft in the lower ...
The Pitts Samson was an aerobatic biplane designed by Curtis Pitts in 1948. Design and development. The Samson was designed for aerobatic pilot Jess Bristow. [1]
[4] [5] In 1971, Cole and Art Scholl purchased the first two Pitts S2A models in production, later becoming a Pitts dealer. [6] Marion's original S-2A is still flying, and was returned from Canadian registry to US registry in 2018. [7] In the late 1970s Cole taught aerobatic training for civilian Beechcraft Bonanza pilots in a 1968 E33C. [8]
Pitts also built several monoplane racing planes in the 1940s–1950s, the most famous of which was the low-winged "Pellet" of 1947 and the mid-winged Special Lil' Monster & Miss Dayton of 1951. [ 1 ] [ full citation needed ] Among other one-off projects, he also built a two-seat sport monoplane called the Big Hickey .
Curtis Hardeman Pitts (December 9, 1915 – June 10, 2005) was an American aircraft designer, aircraft manufacturer, crop duster, and airport fixed-base operator.
Rob Pitss/YouTube Tex Mex Motors star Rob “Rabbit” Pitts died at age 45 after battling stomach cancer. Pitts’ videographer confirmed the Netflix star’s death in the comments section of his ...
The record was broken in 2014 by Spencer Suderman in 2014 in a Pitts S2-B performing 81 spins from 23,000 ft altitude. [5] A Giles 202 crashed on Friday 28 August 2015 during practice for an air show at Stewart International Airport near New Windsor, NY, about 60 miles north of New York City. Photos taken by a bystander show the tail separating ...
The Pitts Model 12 (also known by its nicknames "Bolshoi," "Macho Stinker," and "Pitts Monster"[1]) is a high-performance [2]) aerobatic biplane designed around the Vedeneyev M14P/PF Russian engine. The aircraft can be built from plans or as a kit plane , or bought ready-to-fly from the factory.