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Updated 14 May 2011
See my Buying Used Fly Babies page for what to look for, when evaluating a flying aircraft.
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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]
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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]
Roscoe
PatchesBe 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.
Want to
show your
"Fly Baby" colors? I've had some color peel-and-stick decals made
up. These are a red oval, about five inches across, with "Fly
Baby"
in the classic Pete Bowers script. You can see one in front of
the
cockpit of the plane in the picture.
You can put them on your airplane, your hangar door, your car
bumper,
your toolbox, whatever.
These are thermal prints on vinyl...they are not water soluable, and they seem very resistant to fading (the one on my hangar door is still bright and shiny). Price is $5 postpaid for the first one, and $4 for every additional one ordered at the same time. Email me for the ordering address.
Installation Instructions: They're actually pretty simple to install. The decals come with backing paper on the back AND the front of the image. Clean off where you want to stick it, and let it dry. Peel the decal apart...the tape protecting the BACK of the decal (the sticy side) will come away. Put the decal carefully in place, and rub it down thoroughly with a fingertip or plastic squeegee. Then peel away the tape on the front.
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.
Official
Anniversary Logo
Formation
Logo
Headon
Air
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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).
