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Ben_Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 4. "RE: Landing a Pitts" 06-14-02, 20:33z  Greetings again, Tom: > My reason for taking this training was to get ready to be a Pitts pilot! > Before last week, I had about 2 hours of Pitts time, along with around > 10 hours of aerobatics in a few other types, and decided that a Pitts > offers the most grins per dollar of any factory-built airplane in the > air. Ah, OK. Understood. > So I'm looking to either buy into a partnership in a 2-seater, or > get a single-seat Pitts. You know, this brings up another question that I've had for quite a long time. I recall that most aircraft in WWI were single seat taildragger bi-planes. A few years later, someone got the bright idea to stick a second seat in behind the pilot with a gun. I assume the gunner took the second position because he would have better "view" and could protect the vulnerable tail of the aircraft better from there. My question is why is it that today the pilot occupies the back seat of a two seat bi-plane taildragger. Is it for the better visibility? A weight and balance issue? A little of both or something else? Thanks again for sharing, Tom! Ben -= VPC OffLine Reader Version 1.1.0.0 =- Registered to: Ben Chiu -OLR.PL v1.76- Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      Landing a Pitts    TomParsons       06-13-02              RE: Landing a Pitts    DHamblin       06-13-02       1         RE: Landing a Pitts    Ben_Chiu       06-14-02       2            RE: Landing a Pitts    TomParsons       06-14-02       3                 RE: Landing a Pitts    Ben_Chiu       06-14-02       4                      RE: Landing a Pitts    Mike_Greenwood       06-15-02       5                      RE: Landing a Pitts    DHamblin       06-15-02       6                           RE: Landing a Pitts    Ben_Chiu       06-15-02       7         RE: Landing a Pitts    Patty_Wagstaff       06-16-02       8

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