Hey ! I know this aeroplane...

This is the Pitts S1S featured in the documentry film "Barnstorming". Back in 2001 my flying buddy Pat Wright and I drove my truck and trailer out to Brackett Field in California to buy her. We took the wings off, loaded her up in the trailer and tied her down. It was the day after Thanksgiving - everyone in LA decided to drive up to Las Vegas. 14 hours in bumper to bumper traffic we finally passed Las Vegas. A day and half later we were home in Lakeville MN. Pat terrorized the S. Metro for an entire Summer before having to sell her. She was a fun little Pitts. She was orginally built by Dr. Jim Young at Corona Airport back in the 70's. Just a few hangar rows down from where I built my Smith Miniplane. Jim also built "Big Red", a beautiful Starduster Too that took Grand Champion at Oshkosh and the "Sunbird" a modified Pitts with an IO-540. OK, that's it for now, Over & Out