Fly advanced aerobatics in the world famous Pitts special.....

Winner of more unlimited aerobatic competitions than any other plane, 60 years after its first flight its still gives some of todays modern aerobatic aircraft serious competition. Along side the Concorde, Spitfire, DC3 and the P51 Mustang the miniature Pitts aerobatic bi-plane must rank as one of the worlds best known aircraft. Aviation shows never seem the same without the apperance of this tiny but remarkable aircraft.

Curtis H. Pitts started design work on the Pitts Special in 1942 at Jacksonville, Florida, Powered by a Franklin 90 hp engine, it flew for the first time in 1944. By 1962, the engine had grown to 180 hp, and in 1966 the wings adopted a symmetric profile enabling inverted and un-inverted flight characteristics to be equal

In 1970, a factory was formed under the name Pitts Aerobatics in Afton, Wyoming. The first Pitts Special S-2A was assembled at Afton during 1971. During the 70s the Pitts was certified under the aerobatic category of FAR Part 23, however in 1977 Curtis Pitts having cemented his name in aviation history sold his rights to Aviat Aviation.

During the early 80's the aircraft was redesigned by Herb Anderson, then chief engineer of Pitts Aerobatics now Aviat and the S-2B is currently the most popular version. Aviat Inc purchased the rights to the Pitts Special on March 1991 and it is still in production today.

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