Pitts S-1, C-GIPS

Summer 2008 - Pendleton Oregon .  On short final.........

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History of C-GIPS 1981 to 2006

 
The latest repairs and mods -

2006 - Odyssey battery, MicroAir transponder

2007 - engine work

2008 - Wolf landing gear, re-pitched prop to 76-62

2009 - Overhaul torque tube (stick)

2009 - replace fabric on wings, big project, so it deserves its own page

2009 - Install Cabane Fairing

2009 - Replaced old Bendix mags with new Unison (Slick)

 
Have Pitts Will Travel:  took the pick-up truck down to the lake for a little fishing.....

 
 
Aerobatic Club of British Columbia - link

 

2008 Competition Season    
OK, so I'm back in Advanced after 22 years in Unlimited.  My 180 hp S-1 was begging me..."no more, master"  Advanced Free Program  
Beaver State Regional Contest - Pendleton OR 1st Place Advanced RESULTS
Apple Turnover - Ephrata WA 1st Place Advanced RESULTS
Advanced World Aerobatic Contest - Pendleton 11th Place Advanced RESULTS
     
2009 Competition Season    
Skunked out - weather, cancelled contests, work, family    
     
2010 Competition Season    
Apple Turnover - Ephrata WA    
     

Updated December 1, 2009