{{Short description|Second aircraft built by E.M. Laird (1912)}} <!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = Baby Biplane | logo = | logo_size = | image = Laird Baby Biplane replica.jpg | alt = | caption = Replica at the Florida Air Museum | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Homebuilt aircraft | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = United States | manufacturer = | design_group = | designer = Emil Matthew Laird | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 1 | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1912 | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }}

The '''Laird Baby Biplane''' was the second aircraft built by Matty Laird in the United States of America.

==Design and development== The Baby Biplane was built by Laird at the age of 16, with assistance from his brother Charles.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Baby Wings of Yesteryear: The Golden Age|author=Geza Szurovy|page=12}}</ref>

The Baby Biplane was a single-seat biplane made of wood with aircraft fabric covering, having conventional landing gear. Later the aircraft was covered with Irish Linen and French cellulose-nitrate dope.<ref name="Christy">{{cite book|title=American Aviation|author=Joe Christy, LeRoy Cook|page=12}}</ref>

==Operational history== Laird operated from Chicago's Cicero field.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lincolnbeachey.com/cicart.html |title=Carroll Grey's Cicero Field aviation history website |access-date=2017-08-21 |archive-date=2006-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060201033220/http://www.lincolnbeachey.com/cicart.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> A self-taught pilot, his first flight resulted in the aircraft flipping over after becoming airborne. Over time, the aircraft flew up to 30 minutes at a time.<ref name="Christy" /> The instrument panel consisted of a pocket watch, used to time the fuel supply.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=March 1973|title=Famous Flyers: "Matty" Laird, Super Sleuth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=64xESEO0H0IC&q=laird+boneshaker&pg=RA10-PA10|journal=FAA Aviation News|volume=11|issue=11|pages=10–11}}</ref>

==Aircraft on display== A replica of the Baby Biplane was built by Dean Tilton and donated to the Florida Air Museum in Lakeland, Florida, United States.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Lakeland Ledger|title=Retro Flyer|date=31 March 1994}}</ref> <!-- ==Variants== --> <!-- ==Units using this aircraft/Operators (choose)== -->

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==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/BlackTed/10033.htm Image of the Baby Biplane in the Florida Air Museum]

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