2Wings.com       By Darin Bishop   Send EMAIL

The purpose of this website is to promote further interest in the Pitts Model 12 Aerobatic Biplane and assist all who are determined to build them. It came alive on the web February 28, 2001. Before that, most of this content was a subsection on my other website www.AirlineBrats.com.

This website also serves as the building log of my Pitts Model 12 project.

This website is managed by me, Darin Bishop, pictured here during my first experience in command of heavy machinery:

A sidewalk tractor put together from a junk lawnmower chassis and a snowblower by my grandfather.  Also, my Dad and I built a minibike out of a couple basket cases, and I've pretty much built things on and off since. Lots of model airplanes, BMX bikes, a house and barn...now an airplane. In college I took the extra classes to get an A&P certificate while working on my degree and flight training, and its fun to finally put those skills to use.

The best thing I've been able to build so far though is my family, so the biplane project only gets worked on here and there. I try to do a little each day, but it seems like I get most of my work done between 10pm and 2am after everyone else is in bed. I assume there'll be plenty of time to sleep later when I'm dead.

This schedule fits right in with my day job, which is flying all-nighters to the east coast in 767's for United Airlines...

Why "2wings" ?  Well, thats what my son started calling biplanes, and my project when he was 2, so the name stuck.  The 2wings.com domain name was originally registered to a company in New York that never activated their plans for it. They were kind enough to let me to have it.

Only 4 things are needed to build anything: Tools, Time, Material and Knowledge.  If you are building a biplane, hopefully this website will help you with the last one.