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PITTS S-2A

Name: PITTS S-2A
Brand: Biplane
Price: 89000 USD
Availability: InStock

1980 Biplane

Oshkosh, WI Listed 1 month ago

About this aircraft

$89,000 · MAKE OFFER · PRICE NEGOTIABLE! 1980 Carling Red Cap Team Pitts S-2A for sale! Currently located in Oshawa Ontario Canada, but is N registered and can be easily ferried to the US. Smoking Airplanes smoke system. Option for open cockpit or canopy. Garmin SL 40 COMM, Bendix/King KT76A Transponder, PM1200 Intercom. Hooker Harness. New-ish tailwheel and canopy. TTSN: 1958, SMOH: 1212, PROP: 1105 Brokered by long time Pitts instructor. Training available after purchase. Make an offer.

Specifications

Year: 1980
Total time (TTAF): 1,958 hrs
Engine time (SMOH): 1,212 hrs

Avionics & panel

Garmin SL 40 COMM
Bendix/King KT76A Transponder
PM1200 Intercom

Equipment list extracted from the seller's description. Verify with logbooks before purchase.

How this stacks up

Listed 1 month ago
On the market for a month or more — worth asking about negotiating room
3/5 key specs
Most key specs are provided; verify any missing details with the seller

This summary draws on signals shown in detail below — price comps, listing age, maintenance and engine status, and key specs. Read each section for full context. Not an appraisal.

Airframe time

Average over the aircraft's life — 1,958 hrs total time across ~46 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

≈43 hrs/yrTypical

Typical utilization

This airframe has averaged about 43 hrs/year over ~46 years — in the normal range for a personal aircraft: regularly exercised without being worked hard.

Cost to own

Rule-of-thumb estimates — insurance ≈ 1% of price, hangar $7,500/yr, annual inspection $2,500/yr, fuel + oil at your selected hrs/yr. Your actual costs will vary.

As a sole owner

$1,908/mo$22,890/yr

≈ $229 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$89,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $7,890 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$89,000	$1,908/mo	$22,890/yr
1/2 share	$44,500	$1,454/mo	$17,445/yr
1/3 share	$29,667	$1,303/mo	$15,630/yr
1/4 share	$22,250	$1,227/mo	$14,723/yr

Buy-in is the asking price split evenly across partners — what you'd each pay to acquire the aircraft (the real figure is negotiated). Fixed costs (insurance, hangar, inspection) split equally by number of partners; fuel/oil is per-pilot since each partner flies their own hours.

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Price

$89,000

Listing trust

2/4

Complete detailsYear, registration, make/model, and a full description.
Maintenance disclosedAirframe (TTAF) and engine (SMOH) times are listed.
Transparent priceA real asking price, not "contact for price".
Posted by a memberListed by a signed-up ClubHanger member, not a scraped aggregator.

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