Hello,
I have a new to me 1969 S1S. The manufacturer is "Dearing" which I believe is Gene Dearing or E.F. Dearing (perhaps this is one in the same person). The documented history on this plane only goes back to the 80's. As I shuffled through paperwork and saw the Dearing name in the certification records for Pitts, I realized I might have a pitts built by Dearing of the Curtis Pitts company. A piece of history. So I am now on a mission to find out more about him and even better, find him and let him know his plane is not only alive and well, but completely restored and still flying. If anyone knows anything about Mr. Dearing, his family, or how to reach him if he is even still alive, I sure would like to know it.
Please share what you might know about him, or who might know something about him.
Thank you
Mike
I have a new to me 1969 S1S. The manufacturer is "Dearing" which I believe is Gene Dearing or E.F. Dearing (perhaps this is one in the same person). The documented history on this plane only goes back to the 80's. As I shuffled through paperwork and saw the Dearing name in the certification records for Pitts, I realized I might have a pitts built by Dearing of the Curtis Pitts company. A piece of history. So I am now on a mission to find out more about him and even better, find him and let him know his plane is not only alive and well, but completely restored and still flying. If anyone knows anything about Mr. Dearing, his family, or how to reach him if he is even still alive, I sure would like to know it.
Please share what you might know about him, or who might know something about him.
Thank you
Mike
