Paul Muhle’s Pitts S1-SS wins Grand Champion Plans-Built

Article by Mike Whaley

We couldn’t be more pleased about all the acro bipes that scored big at AirVenture 2007!

Plans-Built Outstanding Workmanship Plaques went to:

  • Michael Marrin, 2006 Skybolt N348MM (St. Petersburg, FL – This plane was in our display tent at Sun ‘N Fun 2007)
  • David Lucas, 2006 Acrosport II, N114KT (Chesterfield, MO)

Plans-Built Champion – Bronze Lindy Awards went to:

  • James Woolworth, 2007 Skybolt, N911JW (Milford, MI)
  • Christopher May, 2007 Wheeler Firebolt, N4GW (Owensboro, KY)
  • Duayne Muhle, 1996 Fleet Edward S1-S, N9173R (Duncan, NE)
  • James Kilroy, 2005 Pitts Model 12, N133GT (Berkeley, CA)

And then came the one everyone was waiting for… the Grand Champion Plans-Built (Gold Lindy) went to:

  • Paul Muhle, 2007 Pitts S1-SS, N557PM (Columbus, NE) (Note, this was incorrectly listed as an S1-S in the initial release of the awards listings)

The Paul Poberezny Founders Award for the best Classic Custom Built Aircraft went to:

  • Lary Carlston, Acroduster II, N26RB (Minneapolis, MN)

A hearty CONGRATULATIONS goes out to all the winners… you can’t do much better than to win something at Oshkosh!