| Oldfield Baby Great Lakes | |
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| Role | Sport Aircraft |
| National origin | United States of America |
| Manufacturer | Barney Oldfield Aircraft Company |
| Designer | Andrew Oldfield |
| Unit cost | $1800 in 1971 [1] |
The Oldfield Baby Great Lakes is a homebuilt sport biplane. The aircraft has many known names, including the Baby Lakes, Oldfield Baby Lakes, Baby Great Lakes, Super Baby Lakes, Super Baby Great Lakes, and Buddy Baby Lakes [2]
The Baby Great Lakes was designed by Barney Oldfield, and originally built by Richard Lane, to be a scaled-down homebuilt derivative of the Great Lakes Sport Trainer. [3]
The Baby Great Lakes is built using 136 ft (41.5 m) of steel tubing for the fuselage with aircraft fabric covering. [4] The wings use spruce spars. The aircraft can accommodate engines ranging from the Continental A-65 to the Volkswagen air-cooled engine. [5]
The prototype was not intended to be produced in quantity, but enough plans were requested that the aircraft was marketed as a homebuilt design. [5] The rights to the Baby Great Lakes were acquired by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co in May 1996. [6]
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