@ Salinas, CA
October 2022
Airshow performer Jon Melby flies past show center in his Pitts S-1-11B at the 2022 California International Airshow Salinas. Jon’s aircraft is one of the few factory-built S-1-11b’s in the world, rated for +8.5/-5 G’s with a roll rate of 360 deg/sec. First flown in 1944, the iconic Pitts biplanes dominated world aerobatic competition in the 1960s and 1970s. The S-1S is still in production by Aviat Aircraft.