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Fly Baby

Low wing or Biplane - Wood, Fabric

Fly BabyKit/Plans:
Complete instructions for building the Fly Baby are available in EAA Sport Aviation magazine, January 1963 through September 1964. EAA members may download these articles free through the EAA Sport Aviation Archive.

Building the Wood Airplane – This book includes all the articles on Building the Fly Baby.
EAA members may download a pdf of this book for free here.

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

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

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