Pitts Team Belgium
The Pitts Team Belgium is known for their captivating displays featuring 3 Aviat Pitts Special S2C aircraft. The team is composed of three skilled pilots - Ronald Supply, Luc Coesens, and Peter Van Isreal. Ronald, the team leader, is based at EBMO (Moorsele Airfield) with aircraft registration N51PS. Luc, whose aircraft is registered as OO-LUC, is stationed at EBGG (Overboelare Airfield) along with Peter, whose aircraft bears the registration OO-PIT. Founded by Luc and Ronald, who have a flying partnership spanning over a decade, the team was later joined by Peter in 2017. The Pitts Team Belgium stands out as the sole 3-ship Pitts team in Europe, offering dynamic displays that include formations of 3 aircraft, pairs, and thrilling solo performances, making their aerial shows a must-see across various events in Europe.
Pitts S-2C
The Pitts Special (company designations S-1 and S-2) is a series of light aerobatic biplanes designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944. The Pitts biplanes dominated world aerobatic competition in the 1960s and 1970s and, even today, remain potent competition aircraft in the lower categories.
Curtis Pitts first began designing aerobatic biplanes in 1944. His design soon evolved into a prototype which was first flown in the September of 1944. His planes were dubbed the name 'stinkers' after an infamous picture of a skunk appeared on many of aircraft. The prototype S-2, however, was the first of his aircraft to feature two seats, also known as the 'Big Stinker' later modeled into the prototype 12 (latest version) 'Macho Stinker.'
The S2-C is a four aileron, two-seat, factory-built, symmetric airfoil, 260 hp (194 kW) Lycoming driving constant speed three-blade propeller, current production model. This was an evolution of the S-2B model, with improved ailerons and rudder, flat bottom fuselage, lower profile bungee gear, better-inverted handling and certified for +6 -5g. It is in production since 2008 by Aviat Aircraft.