Pitts Special: Cheap thrills, no frills BY DAVE HIRSCHMAN P itts biplanes dominated U.S. and international aerobatic competition in the 1960s and 1970s before eventually being eclipsed by bigger, faster, more powerful monoplanes in the late 1980s and beyond. PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS ROSE Affordable AOPA PILOT • 51 • JANUARY 2012 aerobat aerobat aerobat