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Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (born 1915)
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Curtis Pitts
American aircraft designer and builder
Curtis Hardeman Pitts was an American aircraft designer, aircraft manufacturer, crop duster, and airport fixed-base operator. He became widely known and revered in the aerobatics community for his design of the Pitts Special, a series of highly aerobatic biplanes. Pitts Specials…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pitts Special
Family of American aerobatic biplanes
The Pitts Special 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)