Pitts Special (monoplane)
This article is about the monoplane racer. For the aerobatic biplane series, see Pitts Special.
| Pitts Special | |
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| Role | Racing monoplane |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Curtis Pitts |
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Pitts built a monoplane racer Special in the early postwar years. Pitts also built several monoplane racing planes in the 1940sā1950s, the most famous of which was the low-winged "Pellet" of 1947 and the mid-winged Special Lil' Monster & Miss Dayton of 1951.[1] Among other one-off projects, he also built a two-seat sport monoplane called the Big Hickey.[2]
References
- ā Donald 1999, p. 682.
- ā Pitts Aircraft
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