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.

2020年5月20日 · Curious onlookers examine two BD-5Js used by Corkey Fornof’s jet demonstration team in the 1970s. (San Diego Air & Space Museum) Powered by a minuscule 200-pound-thrust French Microturbo TRS-18 turbojet engine, the BD-5J set the 1973 Oshkosh airshow crowd agog.

The BD-5 was designed in 1973, and proved to be an extremely popular aircraft. The BD-5 is small and lightweight, and can be either single seat propeller or jet driven. The jet version is listed in the Guinness book of records as the world’s smallest jet.

The BD-5 is a high performance single-place, low-wing, pusher-configuration sport plane. Design features include all-metal construction, mechanical retractable landing gear among the industry finest, detachable wings,and wrist action side stick control as in modern day fighter aircraft.

Here you'll find pictures, information and web links related to the BD-5 as well as to other Bede aircraft and experimental aviation in general. Enjoy! Former Project: BD-5J - N3038V Surgery on a Microturbo 022 Couguar Turbojet! Restoration Pictures of Previous Project (SN# 22 - N522PR)

2022年6月21日 · That plane would have the striking looks of a fighter jet and cost less than a factory-built aircraft. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Bede BD-5 Micro: a plane famous for its design and abilities but feared for its …

2020年7月18日 · In the late 1960s, the U.S. aircraft designer Jim Bede created the first-ever Bede BD-5, which belonged to the series of single-seat homebuilt aircraft. It has a small, streamlined fuselage with space under a canopy for a semi-reclined pilot and an …

2013年2月6日 · It came as a piston-powered airplane and a pure jet (BD-5J). The promise was a low price and high performance. The BD-5 started life with a fiberglass fuselage but that was quickly changed to metal to better strengthen the area where the tail attached.

The variant BD-5J is powered by a small Microturbo TRS 18 turbojet engine with 1.45 kN (326 lbs) thrust which makes it the world?s smallest jet aircraft. It can fly approx. 260 kts (483 km/h - 300 mph).