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The prototype Fly Baby first flew in 1962, becoming the winner of the Experimental Aircraft Association's 1962 design competition. [1] [2]Variants include a biplane version called the Bowers Bi-Baby or Fly Baby 1-B, [1] [2] a floatplane version, [1] and several dual-cockpit designs by various builders. [2]
The Duane's Hangar Ultrababy (sometimes Ultra Baby) is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Duane Patrick and produced by Duane's Hangar of Liberty, South Carolina, introduced about 1997. When it was available the aircraft was supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction.
Bowers's amateur-built airplane design, the Fly Baby A Bowers Bi-Baby, this is the Fly Baby with the optional upper wing installed.. Peter M. Bowers (May 15, 1918 – April 27, 2003) was an American aeronautical engineer, airplane designer, and a journalist and historian specializing in the field of aviation.
The airport's master plan includes a plan to expand runway 9R/27L to 6,000 feet to help corporate aviation departments fly further non-stop from the airport. [ 3 ] The airport has a fixed-base operator that offers both avgas and Jet A fuel as well as amenities such as general maintenance , catering , a crew lounge, snooze rooms, showers , a ...
The aircraft was a follow-on project to the designer's earlier Bowers Fly Baby design, if considerably larger; a low-wing cantilever monoplane with an inverted gull wing and fixed tailwheel undercarriage, designed to carry two persons (the Fly Baby was a single-seat aircraft). The Namu II accommodated a passenger seated beside the pilot.
There seems to be a shrinking pilot base from which to draw people to build kits. Plus, with demographic changes, there is possibly a diminishing interest in, or ability to undertake, aircraft building as a pastime. Hopefully, EAA and AOPA initiatives to interest more people in learning to fly will help create a larger market for our airplanes.
This category is for aircraft designed, manufactured or marketed by Peter M. Bowers. Pages in category "Bowers aircraft" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Boeing 316B long-range heavy bomber ... (Peter M Bowers, Seattle, WA) Bowers Fly Baby; Bowers Bi-Baby; Bowers Namu II; Bowlby ((Richard "Dick") Bowlby Airplane ...