Bowers Fly Baby | PH-BRR | 
Bowers Fly Baby | PH-BRR
Year of construction: 1972
Motor: Continental C85
Perfomance: 85 hp
MTOW: 599 kg
Dimensions: Span: 8,54m, length 5,77m
Home airport: EHHV, Hilversum
Owner: Hnas Teijgeler
Description: The Bowers Fly Baby is the result of a competition held in 1962 by the US Experimental Aircraft Association, The competition called for a simple to build, folding wing aircraft design. Designer Peter Bowers won and over 500 aircraft have been built from the plans that were published by the EAA, making it an instant classic.
This particular aircraft was built in Canada in 1972, flew for a few hundred hours and ended up parked outside of a small air museum near Vancouver. Years later, a new owner named Mario Biondi purchased the remains and set out to restore the aircraft to better-than-new condition. After a multi-year restoration, not flying tailwheel aircraft himself, Biondi put the aircraft up for sale with only 6 hours on the clock. This was in 2024. The current owner - Hans Teijgeler - came over to Vancouver to inspect the aircraft, purchased it on the spot and had it shipped to The Netherlands. This is where it is still kept at the grass airfield of Hilversum.
The aircraft is really slow, so it is not a travel machine. The furthest Hans has flown BRR was to Hahnweide in 2016, which turned out to be a 6-hour journey, not counting the 3 fuel stops underway. Hans is really looking forward to repeating the trip in 2025!
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Bowers Fly Baby | PH-BRR
Year of construction: 1972
Motor: Continental C85
Perfomance: 85 hp
MTOW: 599 kg
Dimensions: Span: 8,54m, length 5,77m
Home airport: EHHV, Hilversum
Owner: Hnas Teijgeler
Description: The Bowers Fly Baby is the result of a competition held in 1962 by the US Experimental Aircraft Association, The competition called for a simple to build, folding wing aircraft design. Designer Peter Bowers won and over 500 aircraft have been built from the plans that were published by the EAA, making it an instant classic.
This particular aircraft was built in Canada in 1972, flew for a few hundred hours and ended up parked outside of a small air museum near Vancouver. Years later, a new owner named Mario Biondi purchased the remains and set out to restore the aircraft to better-than-new condition. After a multi-year restoration, not flying tailwheel aircraft himself, Biondi put the aircraft up for sale with only 6 hours on the clock. This was in 2024. The current owner - Hans Teijgeler - came over to Vancouver to inspect the aircraft, purchased it on the spot and had it shipped to The Netherlands. This is where it is still kept at the grass airfield of Hilversum.
The aircraft is really slow, so it is not a travel machine. The furthest Hans has flown BRR was to Hahnweide in 2016, which turned out to be a 6-hour journey, not counting the 3 fuel stops underway. Hans is really looking forward to repeating the trip in 2025!
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