Cover Story
June 2006 Issue
Biplane Boot Camp
Want to really impress your flying buddies? Here's your chance to master the Pitts Special.
Don't we all want to be able to fly like Bob Hoover? Or get to perform first flights in just about any type of homebuilt like test pilot Dave Morse? Well, a career change may not be near at hand for most of us, but for the average kit builder and homebuilt pilot, there are some more reachable goals out there. For us kit builders, the piloting gold standard has to be flying a Pitts.
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