Another very interesting sport aircraft in the Aero Technology hangar at Ardmore last Friday was the Pitts S 1F ZK-RTP. It is many years since I had seen this aircraft so it was great to see it in fine condition. I have posted on this aircraft previously in my series on Pitts Specials of New Zealand at: https://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2011/11/pitts-s-1-specials-of-new-zealand.html
ZK-RTP (c/n AACA/716) was built by Ray T Philpott of Rotorua and was first registered on 18/5/87. It originally flew as a S 1C model with ailerons only on the lower wings and sometime in the late 1990's Ray Philpott built symmetrical airfoil Falcon wings for it with four 25% larger ailerons and square wingtips, and a sprung aluminium undercarriage. Ownership passed to Dave Monds of Palmerston North on 22/10/10 and then to Sam Elimelech of Porirua on 23/6/15.
It has recently been purchased by Blair Sims of Auckland, on 21/5/18, and he is having the aircraft checked out by Aero Technology before boring holes in the sky in it.
It has recently been purchased by Blair Sims of Auckland, on 21/5/18, and he is having the aircraft checked out by Aero Technology before boring holes in the sky in it.
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