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Bede published an information booklet about the BD-5 in November 1970. Several very positive magazine articles appeared at this point. The October 1971 issue of Science & Mechanics had the BD-5 on the cover, listing the price as $1,950. The associated article showed the construction of the original prototype, with numerous claims about how easy ...
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 ...
The Bede BD-12 was an American homebuilt aircraft designed by Jim Bede and produced by Bede Aircraft of Medina, Ohio, introduced in the 1990s. The aircraft was intended to be supplied as a kit for amateur construction, but only one was ever built. [1] [2] It first flew in 1995. [3]
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.
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Within weeks of the agreement expiring in 1989, he announced plans for the BD-10J [2] under the aegis of Bede Jet Corporation, at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport. The BD-5's failure was due largely to the unavailability of a suitable engine; during the BD-5's history one engine company after another either exited the engine business or went ...
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 ...