Pitts S2-A First Solo 17 year old pilot
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Come along with 17 Year old Max Frattasio, a senior at Pembroke High School to solo the Pitts S2-A for the first time. Max has loved planes since he was born as does his 2 younger brothers. It is refreshing to see a few kids with their pants pulled up, not buried in a video game, not talking nonsense. Cranland and American Aero services in S.E. MA. are proud have a few of them.
Piece of cake! Nice landing.
Nice work Max!
Watch that open canopy in the wind. They break very easily and are VERY expensive to replace! Don’t think any other aeroplane will ever reward you like a Pitts does. ps. wish you’d omitted the music!!! 😖😖
Sorry about the first song, hard to find good un copyrighted material sometimes. They bounced the first one. I have seen 2 pitts canopies come off on TO that were unlatched, insurance co's no longer covers them.
Damian Frattasio Yes, same problem here in the UK. Hope you are still enjoying the ride. I can’t think of any other aeroplane I’d rather own or fly. Mine operates under a UK Permit to Fly and as such I’m able to carry out most of my own maintenance, guess similar to your Experimental class. Mine has the long undercarriage leg and symmetrical ailerons.
@@Marty43ful Sadly we just sold the S2A and bought an RV6 which is much more practical for us. We have owned and flew many Pitts models over the years. After flying single seat models the S2A was not as "stunning" but fun just the same and quite rewarding to master ( or shall I say aspire to master) I'd be willing to bet that you don't have many 17 year old Pitts pilots in the UK. Max is now 21 and finishing his last year in college as an engineering student, he has surpassed all of my expectations as a son and young man. He has amassed some good time in many different makes and models along the way as has his younger brother Doc who is wrapping up his private pilots training. These damn kids fly better than me ! If you ever visit the USA and are in the Boston area look us up and we will give you the arial tour!
Damian Frattasio You must be very proud of them both. My son never showed much interest in flying , although he had been up in the Pitts with me and done some Aeros himself. I also fly commercially and many years go gave him a jump seat ride, but afterwards told his mother that the most memorable part of the flight was the crew meal he ate! Ah well, he’s happy pursuing other avenues in life. Many thanks for the kind invitation. Made Sun and Fun last year and managed an hour with Jack Brown in a Cub. Will definitely be back again one day. Best regards.
Reading your description about kids in general if you take interest in your kids and guide them they won't have their face in a video game or pants hanging down. What I see these days are parents who raise their kids with money and spend as little time with them as possible. It's that old saying you get what you put into it.
You are so right! As for me, so far so good for all 3 boys.
Amen brother. Boys left to the "system" quickly become demasculinated and adrift. This is what you see at the local malls and university safe spaces. When real men become real dads and take interest in thier boys, the spirits of Lindburg, Curtis, Hoover, Knievel,Carnegie,Washington,Trump and the like is awakened and the sky is the limit.
The flying and the second song was great but that first song really sucked !! I am surprised the FAA didn't take your radio license away lol What were you thinking ????
what can I say, it's tough to find songs without copy right infringments on them