1981
Year
C-GIPS — 1981 Pitts Special S1
C-GIPS is an amateur-built 1981 Pitts Special S1 based in Delta, British Columbia, listed on the Transport Canada Civil Aircraft Register (serial GTM 2).
Experimental / homebuilt
Category
British Columbia
Based
5
Of this type in Canada
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The aircraft
Where it's based
Identity
Registration
AirworthinessAmateur-built: the owner built at least half of it themselves, under Transport Canada's homebuilt standard. It cannot be flown for hire or reward, so no charter, no rental and no paid flight training.Special Certificate of Airworthiness Amateur Built
Where C-GIPS is, and how to track it
C-GIPS transmits ADS-B under the 24-bit address C05B61, which the trackers below use to find it. What the address is.
The owner of record and the certificate history are on Transport Canada's own lookup: see C-GIPS on the Transport Canada register →
How rare is C-GIPS?
The Pitts PITTS SPECIAL S1 is very rare in Canada. There are 5 on the register.
- 1 of the 5 is in British Columbia.
- Half of them were built before 1975. C-GIPS is newer than most.
- Canada has 61 Pitts aircraft of all models.
- Canada has 4,129 experimental / homebuilt aircraft, 646 of them in British Columbia.
- 58 aircraft are based in Delta. See them all →
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Other Pitts PITTS SPECIAL S1 in Canada
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Canadian Civil Aircraft Register, current to September 29, 2026. Aircraft data reproduced and distributed with the permission of the Government of Canada. MarketPlane.ca is not affiliated with Transport Canada.