Pitts Special

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 categories.

This one on display at the RAF Manston History Museum is actually a radio controlled model! It is 7/8ths the size of the real one, any bigger and the Civil Aviation Authority would not have allowed it to fly as it would be too big for controlling from the ground. This one is the Pitts S-1 designation. I have left part of the full size jet underneath to give an idea of scale.



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