Annie,
I've seen the photo before and only last Fri was explaining it to a mate.
No way would I allow anyone to do that from my Pitts. The grab handle is a spruce laminate that is glued onto the trailing edge cut out cove. For extra strength the drawing shows two wee brass screws.
It was designed as a grab handle for support during ingres/egress - not to support 190lbs being dragged through the sky at 100kts!
However it does make a great photo!
Stik
Last edited by stiknruda; 1st Dec 2006 at 17:34.