[1] The DGA-3 was started as a side project based on getting the best performing aircraft using a Wright Gipsy engine Howard had available.

The fuselage was made of welded steel tubing with aircraft fabric covering.

In 1947, "Pete" was rebuilt as the "Baker Special" with a Continental engine for midget racing.

It was last owned and flown jointly by Victor Edwin Zinn and Walter Fritz who based the aircraft in Noblesville Indiana.

[4] A restoration was performed and the aircraft was donated to the EAA Airventure Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1991.