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 …

2020年5月20日 · A handful of factory prototype BD-5s made test flights, triggering paroxysms of excitement among us kit-buyers. But plagued by the lack of a reliable engine and reckless …

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 …

2022年6月21日 · 50 years ago, a fighter jet-like tiny homebuilt plane took to the sky. The Bede BD-5 is remembered for its dazzling looks, aerobatics, and thirst for blood.

The purpose of this web site is to provide information about the Bede Aircraft BD-5, an experimental, homebuilt, single-seat high performance aircraft that first flew more than 30 …

Bede began concentrating on the BD-5 concept as early as 1967 but the demands of other projects slowed the work. In 1970, he began selling slick brochures packed with colorful …

2016年8月11日 · Designer Jim Bede first conceived N500BD as an ultralight powered glider. The aircraft was built in 1970 and first flown in September of 1971 at Hutchinson, Kansas, with …

Design of this unusual single-seat sporting monoplane began in February 1967, and construction of the prototype was started in December 1970. First flight of the Bede BD-5 Micro was made …

Designed by the American 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 is an attractive …

2022年8月19日 · The BD-5 is a single-seat, single-engine pusher with enviable performance numbers---around 200 knots on just 70 hp. Over the years that Bede tweaked the design, it …