Description:
1979 experimental Pitts S-1S with 551 hours total time and a ground-up airframe restoration completed in 2016. Powered by a Lycoming IO-360-C1C with 476 hours SMOH and equipped with inverted systems, Sky Dynamics exhaust and cold-air induction, smoke system, and a lightweight electrical system. The aircraft received a Bronze Lindy Award at EAA AirVenture 2017 and completed its most recent condition inspection in May 2026.
• Total Airframe Time: 551 hours
• Experimental / Amateur-Built
• Single-seat aerobatic configuration
• Ground-up airframe restoration completed in 2016
• Recovered with Poly-Fiber and Ranthane topcoat
• Engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1C
• Engine Time: 476 hours SMOH
• Engine overhauled by Columbia Aircraft Services
• Engine originally installed in a Piper Arrow
• Reported compressions: 76/80, 78/80, 77/80, 76/80
• Propeller Time: 45 hours SNEW
• Sky Dynamics 4-into-1 exhaust
• Cold-air induction
• Maxi sump
• Christen inverted system
• BC SD-8 alternator
• Sky-Tec lightweight starter
• Icom A220 COM radio
• Narco AT-150 transponder
• No ADS-B
• Smoke system
• Hooker ratcheting harness
• Parachute-compatible cockpit configuration
• New cowling and canopy installed during restoration
• New I-struts and cabane strut brace
• New streamlined horizontal stabilizer tubing
• Wing nose-rib reinforcement blocks
• Truss-style wing ribs
• 2017 EAA AirVenture Bronze Lindy Award recipient
• Restoration work documented in logbooks
• Condition inspection completed May 2026
• Registration and serial number not provided in listing
Point of Contact: Matt Flamini
