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The Bede BD-5 Micro is a series of small, single-seat homebuilt aircraft created in the late 1960s by US aircraft designer Jim Bede and introduced to the market primarily in kit form by the now-defunct Bede Aircraft Corporation in the early 1970s.
Bede Aircraft Corporation was founded by aeronautical engineer Jim Bede in Cleveland in 1961 to produce the BD-1 kit aircraft, which eventually became the American Aviation Corporation's AA-1. The company also created and produced a number of advanced kit planes including the famous Bede BD-5 ( pusher propeller driven) and BD-5J (turbojet driven).
James R. Bede (April 17, 1933 – July 9, 2015) was an American aircraft designer and developer, particularly noted for his development of influential, fast, efficient, light aircraft, including his BD-1 (forerunner of the Grumman-American line [1]), and the BD-4, [2] BD-5 [3] and BD-10 [4] kitplanes.
The BD-1 was never developed beyond prototype stage and no kits were produced. [2] The company Bede founded to produce the BD-1 kits, Bede Aviation Corporation, eventually became American Aviation and they pursued FAA certification under FAR 23 for the design so that completed aircraft could be sold. Due to financial problems Bede was forced ...
The aircraft, a Bede BD-5, was destroyed in a post-crash fire, which also claimed the life of the 82 year old solo-pilot onboard. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] On January 26, 2020, a helicopter en route to Camarillo Airport crashed into a hillside in Calabasas , California, under heavy fog, killing all nine people on board, including basketball player Kobe ...
The BD-6 is marketed as a kit homebuilt. [1] The prototype was damaged in St Louis in the Great Flood of 1993, but in 2005 was reportedly under restoration by Bedecorp. The company created new drawings to finally bring the design to market. By 2011 kits were for sale for US$13,000 and two aircraft had been flown. [1]
Ryson STP-1 Swallow 1972 2 seat homebuilt motorglider, 1 built; Bede BD-5 1973 1 seat homebuilt, about 150 built; Aerocar Mini-IMP 1974 1 seat homebuilt, 250+ built [49] AmEagle American Eaglet 1975 1 seat self-launching ultralight sailplane, 12 built; Landray GL.02 1978 tandem layout (Pou du Ciel) 1 seat, 1 built
The Bede BD-17 Nugget is an American single-seat monoplane. designed by Bedecorp for amateur construction from a kit. [1] [2] Design and development