Warming up on the runway.
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Coming in for a landing.
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Bicentennial Park, Miami.
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My car and my Pitts, with the American Airlines Arena in the background.
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Photograph by Darren Spurgeon.
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Dead stick landing in the grass after prop nut came loose. Nosed over, but no damage.
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My favorite shot yet. You can even see the cockpit dials, and the pilots flightplan notes! Picture by Darren Spurgeon.
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Me and my Pitts! Picture by Darren Spurgeon.
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Coming in for a landing - all over the place! Picture by Darren Spurgeon.
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Slow fly by. Picture by Darren Spurgeon.
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Good view of the markings on the top of the wings. Picture by Darren Spurgeon.
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Fly by, shortly after the missing prop incident. Picture by Darren Spurgeon.
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Top of the loop. Picture by Darren Spurgeon.
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Pitts and an ATR-72. Picture by Darren Spurgeon.
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Tail up! Picture by Darren Spurgeon.
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Luckily, no swimming...
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High over water...
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Basking by the lake...
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A day at the park.
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A small amount of photoshopping on this one... :)
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Cross country.
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A Pitts and a Hawker.
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Pitts in downtown Miami.
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Enjoying the clouds...
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Bicentennial Park, Miami.
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Flying over the American Airlines Arena.
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Covered spats and faired gear legs
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New spats and gear fairings
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Covered spats and faired gear legs
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Low fly-by for the crowd!
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Supurb shot by Dad.
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Super shot by Dad!
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Lifting off.
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Flying in front of where I live!
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Spats are temporarily on at the moment.
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Zoom zoom.
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Dawn flight.
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Waiting for the 4th flight...
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Spats in place - covering and strut fairings still needed.
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Detail shot showing the canopy and cockpit detail.
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Maiden flight.
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Maiden flight.
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Maiden flight.
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Maiden flight.
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Maiden flight.
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Maiden flight.
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Slipping the surley bonds... Maiden flight.
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Pitts and some Deco.
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First flight!
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Tail up for the first time
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Tail wheel on and struts covered red now.
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Markings complete.
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More markings applied!
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It's a very yellow thing. Wheel spats, nose and aileron hookups left to do now.
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Top ailerons built. Some (badly done) photoshop magic, the Pitts take its first flight over Miami!
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Completely covered except for the ailerons now. Starting on the markings too...
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Most of the fuselage is now covered.
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Parasol Pitts! OK, the lower wing WILL be going on later...
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8.9oz with large heavy wheels, AUW. Except for covering (and maybe wheel spats), of course.
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Internal elevator acctuator rod linkage / control arm.
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Showing the supports I added for the thin (0.03") carbon fiber elevator/rudder rods.
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More stringers added, tail covered.
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The covering has been started on the Pitts. Inspection by the rest of the fleet...
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Servos in now...
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Top wing sitting on top now!
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Overall status as of this morning.
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Had a few problems with the laser cutting on my wing parts, so I had to manually jig it to set the dihedral.
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Fin and top cowl (battery cover) now built.
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No glue yet, just interlocked together.
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