| 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]
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The Baby Great Lakes was designed 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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