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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 ...
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 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; Grinvalds Orion 1981 4 seat homebuilt, about 17 built; LearAvia Lear Fan 1981 transport, 3 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.