7/27/2023 0 Comments Adobe golive 6 serial number![]() ![]() One of his more significant design efforts has been the Model 11 Super Stinker. Since selling his share of the company, Curtis has hardly been sitting idle. The big Hartzell three-blade is standard equipment. At that point, Stu Horn, the latest owner of Aviat Aircraft (he bought Aviat from Malcolm White and renamed the company) sought Curtis Pitts's advice and help in redesigning the S-2B. It remained in production through another ownership and name change to Aviat until only two years ago. Almost immediately, he produced the 260-hp S-2B two-place machine, which is probably the most recognized and most common of the Pitts breed. Then Frank Christensen burst on the aerobatic scene with his Christen Eagle, and shortly thereafter, he bought Aerotek and renamed it Christen Industries. Then came the certificated S-1S single-hole, the S-2S 260-hp single-place bird, and the S-1T 200-hp constant-speed one-holer. At that time it was a partnership between Curtis Pitts, Herb Anderson, and Doyle Child, and they were building the 200-hp S-2A under the name Aerotek in the old Callair manufacturing facility in Afton, Wyoming. A lot of avgas has gone under the bridge since then, and the Pitts clan has grown and prospered until the models and variations take a score card to keep track of.Įqually as difficult to believe is that 2001 marks exactly 30 years since the first certificated Pitts Special was produced. In fact, it seems impossible that it has been over half a century since the first of the little pug-nosed acrobugs took to the air with 55 wheezing horses up front. More than any other single airplane, it has been the omnipresent American aerobatic machine for generations. Pitts Special! Now there's a name that has more than its share of mental images attached to it. Photos by Dave Gustafson and Budd DavissonĪnother Kick-Butt Biplane From Curtis (via Aviat) ![]() Pirep by Budd Davisson: as appeared in Sport Aerobatics. ![]()
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