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Pitts Special
S1 / S2
Pitts S-1S
stall
cruise
max
Mach
.074
.201
.265
0.4
km/h
91
248
327
494
mph
57
154
203
307
kn
49
134
177
267
Role Aerobatic biplane
National origin United States
Manufacturer Aviat (current)
Designer Curtis Pitts
First flight September 1944
Status In production


The Pitts Special (company designations S1 and S2) 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 a potent competition aircraft in the lower categories.[1][2]

  1. ^ Montgomery and Foster 1992, p. 92.
  2. ^ "Plane and Pilot" 1977, p. 84.