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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.
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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 .
Pitts was fascinated with flying as a child and spent much of his free time at the local airfield, watching airplanes and dreaming. He designed and built his first aircraft while still in high school, a Parasol wing craft with a modified automobile engine, but Curtis crashed it during taxi tests. In 1933 he found work as a railroad carpenter in ...
The Samson Mite is a 75% scale version of the original Wolf Samson replica and was originally powered by a 150 hp (110 kW) Rotec R3600 engine driving a 86 in (220 cm) Whirl Wind propeller. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The aircraft has a wing area of 110 sq ft (10 m 2 ) and features ailerons on the bottom wings. [ 7 ]
Stewart landing his Pitts S-2S Special at the 2013 Avalon Airshow. William Lewis "Skip" Stewart (born February 9, 1968), better known as Skip Stewart, is an aerobatic and commercial pilot from the United States. Stewart flies in airshows in the United States and abroad, in his two highly modified Pitts muscle biplanes.
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.