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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).
BD-5. Even while the BD-4 was in development, Bede was working on a more ambitious design, the BD-5 Micro. The Micro was a small single-seater that looked like a jet fighter, with the pilot sitting semi-reclined under a large fighter-like Plexiglas canopy. The fuselage was originally to be constructed from fiberglass panels over an aluminum ...
Bede BD-22L; W. Bede Wing; X. Bede XBD-2 This page was last edited on 22 November 2023, at 21:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Bede BD-5 on display at the Western Museum of Flight. Location: 3315 Airport Drive, Red Baron #3 Torrance, California: Coordinates Type: Aviation museum: Website ...
The company was formed in 1964 to build a production version of the Bede BD-1, a two-seat light aircraft designed and built by Jim Bede and first flown on July 11, 1963. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During the development of the BD-1 there was conflict between Bede and the other shareholders, and in 1965, Bede was removed from the company.
Bede BD-5, a small kit aircraft by Bede Aviation; 1998 BD5, a designation for the asteroid 10628 Feuerbacher; Other uses. Bd5, a chess move recorded in algebraic ...
The Bede BD-10 was Jim Bede's attempt to introduce the world's first kit-built jet-powered general aviation supersonic aircraft. [1] After several years of testing and modifications, the project was taken over by investors in order to produce fully completed civilian and military training aircraft, but these projects were never realized.