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Bede Aircraft Company has since re-formed and has been working on several new designs. Before his death in 2015, Bede hinted at a two-seat tandem version of the aircraft, called the "Super BD-5", using a certified aircraft engine and a number of modifications and improvements, but nothing more than a preliminary design drawing was made available.
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).
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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.
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HPA Toucan 1972 human powered aircraft, 1 built [48] 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
This is a list of aircraft in alphabetical order beginning with 'B' as far as 'Be'. ... Bede BD-5; Bede BD-6; Bede BD-7; Bede BD-8; Bede BD-9 [1] Bede BD-10; Bede BD ...
The Bede BD-4 is an American light aircraft, designed by Jim Bede for homebuilding and available since 1968. It was one of the first homebuilt aircraft to be offered in kit form. [ 1 ] It remains one of the world's most popular homebuilts with thousands of plans sold and hundreds of examples completed to date.