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Bob
Hesse (N711JE) and Wendell
Davenport
(N41017) brought their Fly Babies to the Gathering
at
Arlington 2002. That's Bob's airplane in the foreground, and
Wendell's behind it. Further along the line is Tom Staples',
Chris
Brown's, and my own airplane. Bob Hesse sold this plane to Daily
Holman
in late 2006, and Bob Wampler bought it in late 2007.. |
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Rich Dodson bought
N6318.
The plane was originally built by the the late William Bensyl of Terre
Haute, Indiana in 1973. It is registered as a "Fly Baby
II":
Bensyl had apparently planned on completing it as a two-seater, but
changed
his mind. Rich is pulling it apart for inspection, and is
considering
paint job options. |
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LeBaron Amacker
owned N709A
in the mid '80s. Note the wheel pants under construction. |
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Jonathan
Jackson of Sioux Falls bought N422A in July 2002. It was sold to
a Canadian owner a few years later. In August 2007, Wendell
Davenport,
missing his previous Fly Baby, bought it and flew it from Ontairio to
its
new home in California. An additional bonus: A smoke
system! |
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Hank Smulder's
C-GCJL.
It's got a two-piece all-aluminum gear, bolted to the bulkhead inside
the
fuselage. He plans to convert it back to the stock wood legs
because
he prefers the looks. |
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Pete Bowers' Namu
was an attempt
at a two-seater to follow the Fly Baby tradition. See the Two-Seaters
page. |
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Jerry
McLaughlin's
N3358. This plane was actually built by a friend of mine about
thirty
years ago...it has had a canopy added and the landing gear replaced
with
steel tube. The canopy is interesting; you'll not it installs
over
the stock turtledeck. |
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Drew
Fidoe rebuilt CF-UFL for years, after a hangar roof fell on it.
"Stringbag,"
as he's re-named it, now sports a WWII camouflage scheme. Read
about
Drew's restoration process on This
Old
Plane.  |

|
 "Splinters", the
"Air
Mail"
Fly Baby (N12049), is now owned by Robert Hamilton, who bought it from
Chuck
Mikowski. Dave Koseruba and Rocky
Phoenix also owned this bird for a while. The current owner, ,
has it for sale. |
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Nick
Guida has made several long cross countries in N59RG .
Unfortunately,
he's currently rebuilding it after a hangar fell on it. |