Fly Baby
Low wing or Biplane - Wood, Fabric
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.
