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Baby Lakes

Biplane – Wood/Tube/Fabric

Baby lakesKit/Plans:
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co.
P.O. Box 4000
225 Airport Circle
Corona, CA 91720

Telephone: 877-477-7823
Fax: 909-372-0555

Email: info@aircraft-spruce.com
Website: http://www.aircraft-spruce.com

Models: Baby Lakes, Super Baby Lakes and Buddy Baby Lakes

Formerly sold by:
Barney Oldfield Aircraft Co.
P.O. Box 228
Needham, MA 02192

Telephone: 617-444-5480

Articles in EAA and related publications:

 Year Month Page Magazine Article
 2000 01 24 Sport Aviation Biplanes You Can Build - exert on Baby Lakes (7 pages w/color photos)
 1998 07 40 Sport Aviation Un-Buddied Baby Lakes, single hole two holer
 1997 02 14 Sport Aviation Aircraft Spruce & Specialty acquires rights to plans. (short note)
 1991 12 04 Vintage Airplane Differences - early models
 1991 09 24 Vintage Airplane 1930/31 2T-1A w/big tail
 1991 07 04 Vintage Airplane More on 4A-1
 1991 06 13 Sport Aerobatics Great lakes stab problems
 1991 05 33 Sport Aviation The 2T-1
 1991 04 B Sport Aerobatics Bashore Great lakes on take-off
 1991 01 34 Vintage Airplane Wright-powered version of Great Lakes amphibian
 1988 12 17 Sport Aviation The Buddy Baby Lakes - 2 Place
 1988 09 29 Experimenter Burch Baby Great Lakes - With A65, F4B-2 Paint Scheme
 1987 03 39 Light Plane World Baby Lakes with 125 HP Crashes on Landing
 1984 06 07 Sport Aviation Owners/Builders to meet at Oshkosh 1984
 1983 07 07 Sport Aviation Forum at Oshkosh 1983
 1981 06 07 Sport Aviation Reference, developments upper wing incidence a must
 1981 06 07 Sport Aviation Baby Great Lakes Developments
 1978 05 49 Sport Aviation First flight of a homebuilt - Good Story!
 1976 07 19 Sport Aviation Smith "Barney Oldfield" 1/2 page photograph
 1974 06 09 Sport Aviation Note Only: -Aircraft received NASport AviationD Certificate
 1974 03 27 Sport Aviation Accident Report 1/4 page
 1973 08 46 Sport Aviation Test Report on Baby Great Lakes - Good Article!
 1973 08 07 Sport Aviation Note only: - Newsletter available from Plans Seller
 1972 07 65 Sport Aviation Note only: - Great Lakes Aviation Sold
 1972 01 30 Sport Aviation From a Baby Great Lakes Builder - Good Article!
 1969 12 48 Sport Aviation Baby Great Lakes, Part 2 - Good Article!
 1969 11 32 Sport Aviation Baby Great Lakes, Part 1 - Good Article!
 1962 07 08 Sport Aviation Baby Lakes builders meet at Oshkosh
 1958 05 13 Sport Aviation 1 page article on early Billmann airplane

EAA members can digitally view archived editions of Sport Aviation here.

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