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Bob Hunt's Fly Baby, right before his first
flight on 9/1/04. It has a 65 Continental and a McCauly 7448 metal
prop, with no electrical system. Empty weight is 667lbs, and
it indicates 80 knots at 2200 RPM. Bob lives in China, Michigan,
just north of Detroit. |
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  Note
the extended dorsal fin and the canopy arrangement on this early bird.
Don Taylor reports, "My Fly Baby was at Rockford in l968, Pete Bowers flew
it there. It was a fine airplane, I flew it l64 hours, sold it to
a friend, then two other friends owned it here in Evansville. The
plane had 368 hours on it, the next owner got drunk and destroyed the plane,
he survived." Taylor later built several homebuilts of his
own design...probably the neatest was the "Tinker Toy" shown here.
He says the wings were basically of Fly Baby design, only all-aluminum! |
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 Andy
Gutow's Fly Baby had kind of cropped wingtips, squared-off rudder, and
a custom trailer. He recently sold it. |
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 When
Wendell Davenport owned this Fly Baby, he lived in Hawaii and kept his
Fly Baby in California. He came back to the mainland several times
a year to fly the plane, including trips to Oshkosh and Kitty Hawk.
Jim Stowe bought this plane in July 2006. Wendell bought another
one in 2007! |
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Fly Baby N366RZ has an A-65 and
was built by Richard Zediker in 1967. It's currently owned by Dennis
Richie, and is for sale. |
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John Crate, of Orillia Ontario, first flew
C-FSMP in 1993. |
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Ray Romeu sent this picture of Claude Norton's
A65-powered Fly Baby. Fuselage was built by Claude and wings
were built by his son, Brian. Finish is silver dope. Based out of
Charlotte County Airport in Punta Gorda FL. It's built to plans except
the bulkhead behind the seat was moved back 5" for more leg room.
I'm trying to get more information on the modification. |
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N6119R has a 65 hp Franklin engine
and a Streba prop. It was constructed by a Mr. Meyers of Wilcox,
Arizona, and the current owner is Mark Steele of Mesquite, Texas.. |
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 N4235A
is listed as being owned by Russell Scheutz of Huntington Beach, California.
Doug Seward shot these pictures in Corona, CA. It has a very interesting
instrument panel layout, including what looks to be an attitude indicator. |
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Bob Brunn's Fly Baby is based at Guelph
(Ontario) airport. Brian Cox reports that it's one of a batch of
builders from Mississauga who, years ago, bought supplies together and
built a number of them at the same time. It took about five years
for Brunn to rebuild. It has stringers outside of the fuselage
to give it a rounder shape, and an O-200 mounted up front. |
Fly Baby Photos
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Note
the extended dorsal fin and the canopy arrangement on this early bird.
Don Taylor reports, "My Fly Baby was at Rockford in l968, Pete Bowers flew
it there. It was a fine airplane, I flew it l64 hours, sold it to
a friend, then two other friends owned it here in Evansville. The
plane had 368 hours on it, the next owner got drunk and destroyed the plane,
he survived." Taylor later built several homebuilts of his
own design...probably the neatest was the "Tinker Toy" shown here.
He says the wings were basically of Fly Baby design, only all-aluminum!
Andy
Gutow's Fly Baby had kind of cropped wingtips, squared-off rudder, and
a custom trailer. He recently sold it.
When
Wendell Davenport owned this Fly Baby, he lived in Hawaii and kept his
Fly Baby in California. He came back to the mainland several times
a year to fly the plane, including trips to Oshkosh and Kitty Hawk.
Jim Stowe bought this plane in July 2006. Wendell bought another
one in 2007!
N4235A
is listed as being owned by Russell Scheutz of Huntington Beach, California.
Doug Seward shot these pictures in Corona, CA. It has a very interesting
instrument panel layout, including what looks to be an attitude indicator.
