Pitts Hat

Pitts Hat

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Pitts S 1 11 B Hat. Very few of these Hats exist. They where only given to the people that worked on the Pitts S 1 11 B Program. Only 3 aircraft were built by the factory and only one of the 3 is flying to day. Hat was in storage from the time the current owner received it in 1997. Some damage do to mice These hats will be a collectors item some day.

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Pitts S 1 11 B Hat. Very few of these Hats exist. They where only given to the people that worked on the Pitts S 1 11 B Program. Only 3 aircraft were built by the factory and only one of the 3 is flying to day. Hat was in storage from the time the current owner received it in 1997. Some damage do to mice These hats will be a collectors item some day.
Today in Aviation History
May 19, 1952: First flight of the Grumman XF10F-1 Jaguar, an experimental carrier-based jet fighter having a variable sweep wing. The Jaguar, a shoulder-wing monoplane powered by a Westinghouse J40-WE-8 turbojet with afterburner proves to have disappointing and unremarkable performance, is not placed in quantity production.