Bowers Fly Baby

The Bowers Fly Baby is a homebuilt single-seat open-cockpit wood and fabric low-wing monoplane that was designed by famed United States aircraft designer and Boeing historian Peter M. Bowers.

Peter Bowers Fly Baby design (see Ron Wanttaja's wonderful Fly Baby web site if you are unfamiliar with the type), with enough modifications to have Pete spinning in his grave.1
Both aircraft are based on the Bowers Fly Baby, and were built and converted by John Day and Bob Gauld-Galliers.2
Bowers Fly Baby homebuilt aircraft.3
The Bowers Fly Baby was an American single-seat light monoplane produced as an entrant to a design contest arranged by the Experimental Aircraft Association for a simple, low-cost, easy-to-fly 4
with my first Bowers Fly Baby back in 2009. He came through for me then and is continuing to guide me through other Fly Baby projects.5
Bowers Fly Baby G-BUYU (This Bowers Fly Baby light aircraft was converted by John Day for Robb Metcalfe to resemble a...6

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The all-wood Pete Bowers Fly Baby took first place; many were built, and some are still flying, and the process of freedom of thought, with hands and mind, has continued our 7
, a 1962 Bowers Fly Baby The Bowers Fly Baby is a homebuilt, single-seat, open-cockpit, wood and fabric low-wing monoplane that was designed by Peter M. Bowers and first flown in 1962.8
own airplane called a Bowers Fly Baby and had painted it pink which was also one of my favorite colors. I had painted my first car, a Model A Ford Roadster, pink.9
Bowers Fly Baby, die 1962 den Experimental Aircraft Association Entwicklerpreis gewann und von der etwa 5000 Exemplare gebaut wurden.10
* Bowers Fly Baby: Harry Fenton's Hints and Tips for Continental Engines * Photo Credit jet engine detail image by Andrew Breeden from 11
Jet Or Prop
prop
Designer
Peter M. Bowers
Stall Speed Main
45 mph
Length Alt
5.74 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
924.0
Power Alt
63.9
Range Main
300 mi
Max Speed Alt
194.0
Type Of Prop
flat-four engine
Loading Main
8
Power/mass Main
11
Range More
at 8
000 ft
Power/mass Alt
7
Max Speed Main
120 mph
Cruise Speed Main
110 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
419.0
Number Built
more than 500
Crew
one pilot
Unit Cost
10000.0
US$10
000 in 2007
Span Main
28.0
Cruise Speed Alt
178.0
Area Main
120.0
Span Alt
8.54 m
Plane Or Copter?
Engine(prop)
Continental O-190
Manufacturer
Number Of Props
1
First Flight
1962
Climb Rate Main
1100.0
Power Main
85 hp
Production Start Year
1962
Stall Speed Alt
73.0
Climb Rate Alt
5.6 m-s
Length Main
18.83
Area Alt
12.24 m²
Range Alt
486.0
Empty Weight Main
605.0
Category
Produced
1962
Empty Weight Alt
274.0
Loading Alt
34

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