Fly Babies and Goodies For Sale
Updated 15 April 2008
Airplanes And Projects
Flying Aircraft For sale
Flying Aircraft Wanted
Projects, Engines, Components for Sale
Projects Wanted
Flying Aircraft
This is offered as a general service, no assessment of value or quality
should be assumed from being listed here. Please notify me when the item
is no longer current. The dates in brackets are the dates the information
was added to the page.
See my Buying Used Fly Babies page
for what to look for, when evaluating a flying aircraft.
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For Sale
Ben
Kaufman of Provo Utah is selling his recently-completed Fly Baby as their
new
Mooney is crowding it out of the hangar. It has ten hours
total time, and is
currently out of annual. It carries an A65 and Sensenich wood
prop
up front. Telephone: 801-319-3218. [Dec 2007]
Fly
Baby biplane for sale in Maryland. A65 upgraded to 75 HP, a
72" Culver prop, a transponder, and an August 2007
annual. Painted in WWI camouflage, it was completed
in 1978. Asking about $13,900.
Call 301-854-3822. [Dec 2007]
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Wanted
Paul Wayland would like
to purchase a airworthy Fly Baby monoplane or biplane. Aircraft
must be current and flying, and less than $11,000. He'll pick up
anywhere in the continental US. [April 2007]
Ed Leineweber in southwest
Wisconsin would like to buy a flyable Fly Baby, preferably in the Midwest,
but he'll consider one from anywhere in the US. Email or call 608-604-6515.
[April 2007]
Ben Seal is looking for a flying
Fly Baby monoplane or biplane. He'd prefer one with a bigger engine
(C85, C-90, O-200, etc.) because he's got a short field. He lives
in Sunshine, Louisiana (225) 936-0018. [December 2007]
Projects, Engines, and Components
For Sale
Brian Kissinger near St. Louis
has his project for sale. It includes a Continental A65 and propeller,
and the fuselage is mainly complete. The package includes a complete
Aircraft Spruce wood kit (including aviation-grade plywood), most steel
fittings and brackets, tube stock for axle and controls, tires, wheels,
bearings, engine mount, and a J-3 fuel tank. The engine was overhauled
in 1999 and never run, both magnetos and a rebuilt carburetor. The
prop is a metal 72" unit designed for a 85 HP engine, so it may need repitching.
$5,800 OBO. Email Brian
or call 618-980-1130. [April 2008]
Byron Garoutte has two sets of
aftermarket forged pistons standard size for a A-65 or A-75. His
price is $375 a set (his cost). Contact Byron at 503-538-1022.
(October 2005)
Components or Projects Wanted
Larry Sherris is looking for
a prop, C65-75-85 parts and a fuselage. 503 781 0204. [Sept 2007]
Fly Baby Goodies
Roscoe
Patches
With Jeff Patnaude's permission, we took his flying baby artwork and turned
it into a fantastic jacket patch. We've named the baby "Roscoe" after
famed 1930s pilot Roscoe Turner, hence the term "Roscoe Patch". "Roscoe"
was designed for Jeff by Pat
Moriarity.
Be advised: This not your wimpy little 3" shoulder patch.
The goal was to duplicate the look of the squadrom patches worn on WWII
flying jackets. This patch is a big, bold, five inches in diameter...it's
larger than the palm of your hand.
Years ago, I showed Pete Bowers the nose
art on my airplane, which was cribbed from a "Far Side" cartoon.
Pete said he liked it because it included the original "Fly Baby" lettering/nose
art from N500F. Hence, the new patch shows Roscoe atop the same yellow
lettering on the red background, just like Pete had on the original plane.
I'm asking $7 for the first patch, and $6 each for additional patches
ordered at the same time. Email
me for the ordering address.
Do-It-Yourself T-Shirts
The images that follow were the candidates for the Logo contest. With an
ink-jet printer, you can make use these images to make iron-on transfers
for your own T-Shirts. Right-click on the title of the images you
want, and select "Save Target As" or "Save Image As" (depends on your browser).
Or you can click on the image itself, and then right-click it and select
"save picture." The images range from 150K to 800K in size.
These images are mirrored since that's how you print on the T-shirt
transfer material. The material can be found at nearly any office
supply store (Office Depot, Stapes, Office Max, etc.). I'd buy a
pack of three T-shirts and count on wasting at least one on the first try.
This was the winner of the contest...and Mr. Bowers' favorite,
as well
The formation contains a wide variety of Fly Baby variants, from the original
prototype, to a biplane, to a plane with closed cowling and bubble canopy,
and a Fly Baby floatplane. All the depictions are based on real Fly
Babies, although the one shown on floats has never had floats installed.
Some say this image isn't as dramatic as a T-Shirt since there's a lot
of open white space in the image.
Frenchman Jean-Pierre Nugyen's entry into the Fly Baby contest.
A combination of several ideas....
Other Fly Baby Stuff
One of the earliest Fly Baby web pages was set up by Luis Hernandez, back
in the mid-90s. Luis now has an online bookstore. The Motor
Bookstore now offers aviation manuals and books as well as all
kinds of repair manuals for cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, and much
more. If you need aviation books, buy them from a Fly Baby fan!
I'm sorry, but this site tickles me so much I have to include it. Back
in the "good old days," aviators of less-than-perfect vision could get
prescription
flying goggles . Looks like we STILL can, 'cept they're mostly meant
for the motorcycle crowd.
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Available: Reprints of The Fly Baby Bulletin
Back in the late '60s, Hayden Ferguson published a newsletter for Fly Baby
builders. Hayden has kindly provided me with a clean copy of all
the newsletters, and permission to reprint them.
This are of pretty good interest to Fly Baby builders. There are
a number of hints and suggestions, and a total of 200 pages (printed double-sided,
so there are only 100 sheets). Be advised there is an equal amount
of "What Joe Smith is working on now" sort of information...vital and informative
when the newsletter is mailed out, but of less use to builders thirty years
later. It's fun to read, though.
Anyway, I ran some copies for the Fly Baby mailing list members, and
have about five left. I'm selling these for $20, US Postage paid.
Email
me for ordering information.
These the bulletins are also available for
free download. A few hard copies are still available. If
you prefer, I'll send you a CD with all the content for $5 (postpaid).
Questions? Email Ron Wanttaja
.
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Ben
Kaufman of Provo Utah is selling his recently-completed Fly Baby as their
new
Fly
Baby biplane for sale in Maryland. A65 upgraded to 75 HP, a
Formation
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