Bowers Fly Baby

I am the curator of a 1982 Bowers Fly Baby.
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#2 is the Bandera State Forest strip
#3 is the formation over Lake Stevens
#5-6 show a folded-up Fly Baby
#7 folded-up Fly Baby with no engine (note lack of lots of stuff sticking through firewall)
#8 Dr. Chris pronounces the victim dead after removing a "chunk o'cam"
#9 The new engine slides into place
#10 Pose with Ross's engine - 3 photos for a dime

The Fly Baby is:

homebuilt/experimental category
low-wing
open cockpit
taildragger
single seat
single engine 75hp A75 Continental
non electrical (mostly - except for Ron Wattaja's "Super Baby")

Fly Babies are constructed of plywood covered with fabric. The design was conceived by Pete Bowers of Seattle, WA who also worked for Boeing. The Fly Baby is a copy of an airplane called a Story. Stories have a metal tube fuselage and landing gear, while the Fly Baby is all wood. As far as I know there were only two Stories built and Don Davis' in Auburn, WA is the only one left flying.

The orange/yellow Fly Baby is my ride, while the red/black one was rebuilt by Chris Brown.

If the Fly Baby sounds cool to you, you must visit:

The Unofficial Fly Baby Home Page