Made the deal on this Pitts S-1S the end of last week. I’ve wanted a Pitts since I went to my first airshow in the 90’s as a kid. Lucky for me this one was local to me at my hometown airport.
I remember seeing this Pitts when the previous owner brought it up to Columbia from LA in 2007ish. I was living in LA and flying out of Van Nuys at the time but would come home and always see this red Pitts at the airport. I forgot about it until I was talking to my brother-in-law at the Father’s Day fly-in about dreaming of owning a Pitts and getting into acro.
He says “our hanger neighbor has one that hasn’t flown for a few years”. He sends me the owners contact info and after a week or so a deal was made.
She needs a little TLC but hope to have her flying in 3 months or so.
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“Tow bar taxied” 100 yards to my brother and I’s hanger
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Previous owner Aaron at Reno
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I remember seeing this Pitts when the previous owner brought it up to Columbia from LA in 2007ish. I was living in LA and flying out of Van Nuys at the time but would come home and always see this red Pitts at the airport. I forgot about it until I was talking to my brother-in-law at the Father’s Day fly-in about dreaming of owning a Pitts and getting into acro.
He says “our hanger neighbor has one that hasn’t flown for a few years”. He sends me the owners contact info and after a week or so a deal was made.
She needs a little TLC but hope to have her flying in 3 months or so.
![9AD09395-49FC-470C-A7E3-5011FF160453.jpeg 9AD09395-49FC-470C-A7E3-5011FF160453.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/biplaneforum/data/attachments/84/84044-5a08f5054e945704aa545e39d1b6f70a.jpg)
![3822B7B2-E1C7-49F4-825C-640DFE059399.jpeg 3822B7B2-E1C7-49F4-825C-640DFE059399.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/biplaneforum/data/attachments/84/84045-f629e6e62b0607b1e7b4c2b89fc44390.jpg)
“Tow bar taxied” 100 yards to my brother and I’s hanger
![BB55E4FE-4832-41B7-ACCC-201FC42E940C.jpeg BB55E4FE-4832-41B7-ACCC-201FC42E940C.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/biplaneforum/data/attachments/84/84046-9cb26aa80f6e1cd363628b034268a3b1.jpg)
Previous owner Aaron at Reno
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