Well we came to an agreement, looks like my first airplane will be a Pitts S2B! Now I need Judge to come down and show me some MIG 15 killin maneuvers! Yall put me on the prayer list at church!

Congrats.

When will you start giving rides?

Very cool! I'm envious! Keep us updated.

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When will you start giving rides

When Im confident I can fly it and not kill myself!

Yeah, I like that Don't kill yourself part.

You be careful carving those holes in the sky!

My advice follows:

In the air, any airplane is always trying to kill you. With a tail dragger, the plane tries to bust your ass on the ground, too.

You must always think ahead of it, respecting the fact that it will get your ass not only if if you quit paying attention for a second, but if you don't know what it is going to do before it does.

Repetition of fundamentals at altitude will give you an opportunity to find out what the sneaky little bastard's tricks are.... that is, if you can get the squirrely thing off the ground and back down in the chocks again.

... but everybody knows that.

There is a great story about a guy in the Pacific during WWII who shot down 4 or 5 Japanese a/c on a single mission, but didn't think he was good enough a pilot to do victory rolls coming into the pitch up at home base.

My kind of pilot!

Im gonna have to perk up and pay attention while landing the Pitts! The sprayers, although they are taildraggers, are rather easy to land.

Sounds like a great time for a trip to Yazoo City!!
By the way you know I'll need a bucket in the back seat.

Contact Bud Davisson at Airbum.com. He is a Foremost Pitts Instructor, and will tell you all you need to know about keeping yourself and Pitts ALIVE. I'm VERY Extremely JEALOUS!

I guess one could say my prayers were not answered when I saw that you were able to make a deal on it.

I'D rather have a Pitts than ALL the Dallas Cowgirls. Either way I'd die Happy.

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I guess one could say my prayers were not answered when I saw that you were able to make a deal on it.

TC, you sound like my mother!

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I'D rather have a Pitts than ALL the Dallas Cowgirls

Round up them cowgirls and you got yourself a trade!!!!

If I had THAT kind of mojo I'd already HAVE a Pitts.

Sorry!

So, Mississippian, you still with us?

Yes, thanks for your concern! I have been so busy at work I have not been up in the Pitts at all! Got caught up Saturday evening but realized the annual expired in March so I started Monday with the disassembly. Shouldnt take long because it hasnt flown but around 5 hours since the last inspection. Im gonna give it another good lookin since its my butt at stake now! Installing an Airwolf remote filter kit as well. I hope to be going next week but I have started getting several calls for work after the high winds pass later this week. Once I start flying her I will keep you gentlemen posted!

Just for safety sake.

Fly low, fly slow, and always cross control in the turns!

The previous owner and I finally slowed down enough at work to get together for a quick Pitts checkout. I put him in the back seat so he could refresh his skills and then we were gonna swap. He did two landings and said he was good but before we traded seats I decided to try a few from the front since were were already buckled in. First attempt, low/slow pass, approach was terrible!, Second attempt, approach improved, bounced, go around, third more improvement,bounced but stayed with the landing and got it down with help, fourth, made an ok landing. My biggest problem was over controling which I knew was gonna happen. All it takes is a fart and this damn thing is pitching up 20%! Once on the ground it goes straight as long as the driver leaves it alone! I feel that if we had a little time to get to altitude and do some turns/slow flight/stalls etc it would have help greatly! Also, the front seat is more difficult than the back for 2 reasons, first, the visibility is much less, second, you are sitting darn near the cg. The back seat was much easier! No time for Acro, that will be the next lesson!!!

I have flown the S2b, S1s, S1t and owned an S2a. Make sure you learn proper spin recovery from someone who understands the Pitts. It is very short coupled as you know and it is easy to get confused where you are in (upright-inverted-flat or accellerated) them when your spinning.

They will kill you if your not careful and hamfist it.

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Originally posted by f224:
I have flown the S2b, S1s, S1t and owned an S2a. Make sure you learn proper spin recovery from someone who understands the Pitts. It is very short coupled as you know and it is easy to get confused where you are in (upright-inverted-flat or accellerated) them when your spinning.

They will kill you if your not careful and hamfist it.

PLEASE watch this it may well save your life....

IT doesn't matter if the spin is inverted flat or conventional the recovery is identical and it works every time. Guys get killed worrying about how what kind of a spin they are in and get confused and disoriented.

READ THIS AGAIN IT DOES NOT MATTER what kind of spin you are in the recovery is the same and it works every time!

Rip the power to idle neutralize the the stick and the rudder once the nose falls through and you are indication about 100 KIAS pull to recover.

Read the article first then watch this video three times. I've been flying aerobatics for years and I've heard all kinds of BS about different spin recoveries this is the real simplifies save your life deal right here.

http://www.aopa.org/training/a...010/100603spins.html