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.

The BD-5 was used in the movie with James Bond called “Octopussy”. The aircraft was available with two different size wings. The BD-5A had a wingspan of 14 ½ feet and the BD-5 B had a wingspan of 21 feet. The BD-5J, the jet model of the aircraft, had a wingspan of 17 feet.

It is the world's smallest turbojet equipped aircraft. It's popular with the kids because it's just about their size. The BD-5J is the jet version of the original BD-5 propeller aircraft. It holds the record as the smallest jet aircraft. The aircraft featured a Microturbo jet engine.

2022年6月21日 · But perhaps even more alluring was the second idea that Bede put out into the world: the jet-powered BD-5J. Gone was the unreliable Hirth snowmobile engine and in its place was a French-built Sermel TRS-18-046 turbojet that produced 225 pounds of thrust.

In 1973, Bede Aircraft introduced a jet-powered version the BD-5J. This aircraft still holds the record as the world’s smallest jet aircraft and is a popular air show performer. The BD-5J was made famous by its appearance in the James Bond film “Octopussy.”

2014年3月3日 · The BD-5J version holds the record for the world’s lightest single-engine jet aircraft, weighing only 358.8 lb (162.7 kg). While the new Hirth engine was being tested, Bede decided to create an unconventional variant of the BD-5 with a small jet engine.

2013年2月6日 · It was a diminutive single-seat airplane. It was a low-wing, with a canopy. 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.

Sleek as a bullet, efficient as a sailplane, sexy as a little Reno racer, the BD-5 was the key piece in Jim Bede’s 1970s dream of affordable, fun flying for the masses. Bede had already hit a...

2022年10月3日 · The homebuilt Bede BD-5J, which first flew in 1971, was offered in kit form by the Bede Aircraft Corporation, founded and headed by the late Jim Bede, who went through a …

1\ INTRODUCTION Aircraft. The BD-5J, also called the Acrostar, is the jet-powered version of the BD-5, a pusher-propeller light aircraft that first flew on Septembe aircraft. The jet was famously used in a 1983 James Bond movie, ds, empty. It features a low, swept main wing with a span of 17 feet, a traditional empennage, and retractable ...