The Pitts lets them write the melody as they alone hear it. To many pilots, their Pitts Special becomes more than an airplane. It becomes a living, breathing entity that completes them both as people and as pilots. Maybe that's the real gift of Curtis Pitts. It's not so much the victories, as what he has added to so many lives.
Few people make that kind of contribution to the world.
But then, few people have designed the likes of a Pitts Special.