It’s the Pilot, Not The Machine

Curtis Pitts with the replica of Pitts No. 1 now on display at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh.

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Back in the late 1930s, I decided I wanted to get into aerobatics. I had been to a bunch of airshows, and it just seemed like something I wanted to do. So I went out and bought an F-2 WACO that had the reputation of being a good aerobatic airplane, but it turned out to be a real disappointment to me. It was big and heavy, and it just didn’t want to move around the...

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