19 Year Old First Pitts S-1S Solo

Come along as my youngest son, Doc (19), decides to take the Pitts up for a little ride for the first time. It's always exciting when someone flies a Pitts Special alone for the first time. We don't have the option for a lot of expensive fancy Pitts Special training camps, so I told him he could do it the way I did it way back when, use your sharp tailwheel skills and just get in and go. Worked for me. We'll see if it works for him.

[@bodieb.1239]

It's just so peaceful and pretty up there. A Pitts just ads to that beauty. Be safe and awesome job.

[@iadcrjca]

Nice job! I was 58 when I first solo’d an S-1!

[@pittss2c601]

There's nothing like flying a Pitts Special. Especially a light weight S1S.

[@alancampbell1161]

A classic example of how easy it is to fly a Pitts if you do it the right way. Well done!!! They say there is one really good thing about a Pitts, and one not so good thing, and both of those are that a Pitts does exactly what you tell it to do. A pleasure to watch a Pitts being flown properly.

[@klmelj]

Great Job!!!

[@pauldonner9707]

Congratulations!

[@ShockeWulf190]

That's just so awesome! Takes some skill to do precision aerobatics with those, nice job!

[@bernardanderson3758]

Great flying my friend

[@benbanovetz6265]

Great job! Looks more like you’ve been flying it forever. Sweet machine!

[@bernardanderson3758]

Go for it dude and have the best sole flight in the S-1

[@Kenny-vb4qr]

Nerve of Steel

[@peteryan5368]

well that's awesome , way to go dude, nice kiss, going again 😀😀 I was erm....... 30 ish first solo in a 2b

[@aircraftadventures-vids]

crazy how fast that thing bleeds altitude when you chop the power!

[@bernardanderson3758]

Directional controls and looking way at the end of the runway

[@MichaelOlivera-pn9sb]

Maybe a citabria might be a little easier to land if your going to solo in a artabatic plane for first flight. ????

[@leopitts8242]

Well done Doc,

[@aircraftadventures-vids]

At the

[@robertbryan4640]

Did you find out where your mate went?

[@rickc661]

way late but great stuff

[@SR-gs8zo]

nicely done! but the start showed instantly that a Pitts is not a trainer! 👍😁it rather behaves like some star wars attack fighter...