S Falls Air Show 2009- Steve Falon Pitts Special
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Uploaded by rntaylor53 on Jul 29, 2009
Steve Falon demonstrates his talents at the 2009 Sioux Falls Air Show July 26.
Steve's flying began in Cherokee 140s and, as all pilots are aware, the quest for "more aviation" is non-stop. His first airplane was a Mirage Ultralite. Since then, he has owned a Sonerai, RV-4, Christen Eagle, Pitts S2B and now flies the Pitts Special S1S in his air show routine.
The Pitts Special, first developed and flown by Curtis Pitts in the early 1940s, has been the "best bang for the buck" aerobatic bibplane for 60 years. The Pitts is powered by a stock 180 hp Lycoming engine with a fixed pitch propeller. It has an empty weight of only 770 pounds which provides an excellent weight to horsepower ratio. As a result, the Pitts is an impressive little performer. During Steve's air show routine the airplane meets its design limits of +6 Gs and -3 Gs. While gathering energy the airplane attains speeds in excess of 200 mp and slows to almost 0 mph on the top of some maneuvers. Steve was born and raised in Sioux Falls SD.
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