Fly Baby
Low wing or Biplane - Wood, Fabric


Fly Baby
Kit/Plans:
Peter Bowers, the designer, passed away in April 2003.
Plans are still available from:
David R. Bowers
13730 Burke Rd.
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022-3549
Cost is $145 includes both monoplane and biplane models in lay-flat binder
The series of articles "Building the Fly Baby" are available as a set titled Building the Wood Airplane: Fly Baby available from EAA. Copies are available through Membership Services Order Entry, 1-800-843-3612.
EAA Member Websites:
Ron Wanttaja: http://www.BowersFlyBaby.com
Articles in EAA and related publications:
| Year | Month | Page | Magazine | Article |
| 2005 | 09 | 17 | Sport Pilot | Fly Baby Plans Available Again (paragraph) |
| 2004 | 04 | 16 | Sport Pilot | New Unofficial Fly Baby Website (1/4 pg) |
| 2003 | 10 | 23 | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby Plans Are Available Again (1/4 pg) |
| 2003 | 07 | 10 | Experimenter | Peter M. Bowers, 1918-2003 (4 pgs) |
| 2003 | 06 | 05 | Experimenter | Pete Bowers, Fly Baby Designer, Passes Away (1/4 col) |
| 2003 | 06 | 19 | Sport Aviation | Pete Bowers, Fly Baby Designer, Passes Away (1/3 pg) |
| 2002 | 01 | 18 | Experimenter | Fulton’s Fly Baby: The Oshkosh Perennial (5 ¼ pgs) |
| 2001 | 11 | 90 | Sport Aviation | An Even Strain: With paired flying wires it’s critical (2 pgs) |
| 2001 | 10 | 23 | Experimenter | John Fulton’s Fly Baby at convention since 1973 |
| 92 | 04 | 93 | Sport Aviation | Lansing biplane Fly Baby - like SE5-A |
| 92 | 09 | 93 | Sport Aviation | Standing Fly Baby 1B |
| 92 | 12 | 96 | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby - a 30 year old design |
| 92 | 12 | 96 | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby story after 30 years |
| 91 | 08 | 10 | Sport Aviation | Note Only - Fly Baby Structural Failure |
| 91 | 09 | 11 | Sport Aviation | Note Only - Fly Baby Modifications |
| 91 | 10 | 13 | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby Reinforcement Strap Installation |
| 90 | 03 | 38 | Experimenter | Engine Failure Causes Spin, Crash |
| 90 | 04 | 95 | Sport Aviation | Collins/Swords Fly Baby with A65 |
| 90 | 09 | 94 | Sport Aviation | Dancause Fly Baby with C90 |
| 89 | 01 | 96 | Sport Aviation | Linex Fly Baby - Steel Gear, Streamlined Wires, Cowled Engine |
| 89 | 09 | 95 | Sport Aviation | McDonald Fly Baby with Lyc. 108hp |
| 88 | 01 | 52 | Sport Aviation | The History of the Fly Baby |
| 88 | 02 | 29 | Experimenter | Itzkowitz Biplane Fly Baby with 0200 |
| 87 | 11 | 93 | Sport Aviation | Hendricks Story - Forerunner to Fly Baby |
| 86 | 07 | 97 | Sport Aviation | 110 MPH Cruise - Fly Baby |
| 86 | 08 | 54 | Sport Aviation | California to Oshkosh in a Fly Baby |
| 85 | 02 | 56 | Sport Aviation | Gunten Fly Baby with Turtle Deck |
| 83 | 01 | 44 | Sport Aviation | Jim Markey's Fly Baby |
| 82 | 02 | 05 | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby Reunion at Oshkosh '82 |
| 82 | 06 | 06 | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby 20th Anniversary |
| 80 | 05 | 24 | Sport Aviation | Bird Fly Baby with A-75 |
| 80 | 08 | 85 | Sport Aviation | Harold Matteson's Two Place Fly Baby |
| 79 | 02 | 68 | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby with Rounded Fuselage |
| 78 | 01 | 06 | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby Plans back on the Market |
| 77 | 10 | 63 | Sport Aviation | Two-Place Fly Baby |
| 76 | 08 | 54 | Sport Aviation | Pink Baroness |
| 76 | 09 | 40 | Sport Aviation | Flight of Mr. Gator |
| 76 | 10 | 06 | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby off the Market |
| 75 | 02 | 36 | Sport Aviation | Boyhood Dream |
| 75 | 08 | 10 | Sport Aviation | George Rotter's Fly Baby |
| 74 | 03 | 27 | Sport Aviation | Education Through Error (accident reports) |
| 72 | 03 | 16 | Sport Aviation | Future Birdman Starts Young at Plane Building |
| 72 | 07 | 08 | Sport Aviation | Two-place Fly Baby |
| 72 | 09 | 35 | Sport Aviation | The Fly Baby and Aerobatics by Peter Bowers |
| 72 | 09 | 38 | Sport Aviation | Newest Among the "Fly Babies" |
| 72 | 12 | 16 | Sport Aviation | Time and Money: The Inside Story of a Bower's Fly Baby Project |
| 71 | 12 | 04 | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby with Luscombe Wings |
| 70 | 06 | -- | Sport Aviation | Wood Testing - The Easy and Reliable Way |
| 70 | 08 | 26 | Sport Aviation | Cross-Country in Fly Baby Bipe |
| 70 | 09 | 20 | Sport Aviation | The Lash "Fly Baby" |
| 67 | 11 | -- | Sport Aviation | Incidence and Rigging Jig |
| 67 | 11 | -- | Sport Aviation | 4130 Bending Brake |
| 64 | 01 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 11 |
| 64 | 05 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 12 |
| 64 | 08 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 13 |
| 64 | 09 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 14 |
| 63 | 01 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 1 |
| 63 | 02 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 2 |
| 63 | 03 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 3 |
| 63 | 04 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 4 |
| 63 | 05 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 5 |
| 63 | 06 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 6 |
| 63 | 07 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 7 |
| 63 | 07 | -- | Sport Aviation | Revamping the Fly Baby - II |
| 63 | 09 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 8 |
| 63 | 11 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 9 |
| 63 | 12 | -- | Sport Aviation | Building the Fly Baby, Part 10 |
| 63 | 08 | -- | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby Gets Wet - Part 1 |
| 63 | 09 | -- | Sport Aviation | Fly Baby Gets Wet - Part 2 |
| 62 | 12 | -- | Sport Aviation | The Fly Baby Story |
As a member benefit, you can obtain a copy of an EAA-published magazine article listed above, free of charge, by calling EAA Membership Services at 1-800-564-6322. Please have the name of the magazine, year, month and page number ready when calling to make a request. Sorry, we cannot provide reprints of non-EAA magazine articles.


