Auburn Municipal Airport-Dick Scobee Field (S50) is sporting a new mural honoring a local aviator who made good. On the airside of a T-hangar wall, you’ll see a colorful tribute to Peter Bowers, a Seattle-area aerospace engineer, aviation historian, and homebuilt aircraft designer.
In 1962 Bowers won the Experimental Aircraft Association’s design competition with his low-wing, single-seat, open cockpit, wood-and-fabric monoplane dubbed the “Fly Baby.” Bowers designed the aircraft to be built from plans in the average garage with hand tools by someone with average skills. The plans consist of a thick stack of typewritten instructions and drawings.
