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Thread: [IAC] New Pitts wires

Message: Re: [IAC] New Pitts wires

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From: Waclute at aol.com

Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 11:43:11 UTC

Message:

  In a message dated 98-10-05 05:13:41 EDT, you write:

>Hello,
>
>Does anyone has any suggestions where to get new wires (landing, flying and
>tail-wires) to our Pitts S1S (it is certified as one here in Sweden even
>though it is a homebuilt with Sparcraft wings). Is Aviat the only supplier
>or are there someone else? If they're made out of a specification, should we
>opt for bigger wires (Eagle-sized) or go with the standard ones? 
>
>I appreciate every answer
>
>By the way, never let your length stop you from flying a Pitts. I'm 200cm
>(try translating that to ft and inches) and is very happy in our S1S with
>the short fuselage and I'm wearing a parachute. We have done some
>modifications but no major rebuilds.
>
>Regards 
>
>Tobias Jarpner
>Stockholm, Sweden
>
>

You can buy them through Hale Wallace.  He runs the Skybolt factory in Marion,
NC and has all the wires for the Pitts.  His number is 704-652-7382.  Some
area codes in that area have changed so if the 704 doesn't work try 828.

Bill Clute

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