Nateultimate10200
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Sooo some may say I’m a glutton for punishment and they may be right. I say they are right because I’m a sucker for a good time!
I recently finished my baby Great Lakes in the thread, “resurrection of a baby Great Lakes” and it was such a pleasure to make this little bird fly again. To be honest it’s the most fun I’ve had with my pants on flying this little beast!
I bought a Pitts. I bought a Pitts because I’ve always wanted a Pitts. Who in their right mind hasn’t wanted to own or fly a Pitts? Well I came across a pretty little S1E for the right price and scooped her up. It was a project, but it was a solid project for the price and yes...yes I like the pain of finishing someone else’s work.
I brought this pretty little gem home and began to think. I thought............dam.......I’m getting old.........and if I fly her as I bought her I wouldn’t be doing me Justice. Which turns out that when I get this Pitts done it’s going to be the aerobatic aircraft that I’ve always wanted and will not settle for less. Maybe my goals are set too high but I know what I would like and I pray there’s a grass runway when I’m done lol.
My friend Chris “smizo” who we all know, has sold me the wolf wings, which I am finally done building the dam ribs, which seemed like an eternity. I talked to him and didn’t want to stop there. Besides building the wolf wings, I am getting the gear, cowl, and tail. Why not right??? It’s only money lol.
I’m trying to make my aircraft unique. I know it’s a Pitts, but I’m trying to make it truly a unique aircraft to call my own and to stand out in the flight line. Smizo has some ideas and I am willing to let him use my aircraft as a canvas for his creative ideas.
I can’t express enough gratitude toward smizo and dan Williams toward wanting to see this project finished and flying.
Pics and progress, sooon [emoji41]
I recently finished my baby Great Lakes in the thread, “resurrection of a baby Great Lakes” and it was such a pleasure to make this little bird fly again. To be honest it’s the most fun I’ve had with my pants on flying this little beast!
I bought a Pitts. I bought a Pitts because I’ve always wanted a Pitts. Who in their right mind hasn’t wanted to own or fly a Pitts? Well I came across a pretty little S1E for the right price and scooped her up. It was a project, but it was a solid project for the price and yes...yes I like the pain of finishing someone else’s work.
I brought this pretty little gem home and began to think. I thought............dam.......I’m getting old.........and if I fly her as I bought her I wouldn’t be doing me Justice. Which turns out that when I get this Pitts done it’s going to be the aerobatic aircraft that I’ve always wanted and will not settle for less. Maybe my goals are set too high but I know what I would like and I pray there’s a grass runway when I’m done lol.
My friend Chris “smizo” who we all know, has sold me the wolf wings, which I am finally done building the dam ribs, which seemed like an eternity. I talked to him and didn’t want to stop there. Besides building the wolf wings, I am getting the gear, cowl, and tail. Why not right??? It’s only money lol.
I’m trying to make my aircraft unique. I know it’s a Pitts, but I’m trying to make it truly a unique aircraft to call my own and to stand out in the flight line. Smizo has some ideas and I am willing to let him use my aircraft as a canvas for his creative ideas.
I can’t express enough gratitude toward smizo and dan Williams toward wanting to see this project finished and flying.
Pics and progress, sooon [emoji41]
