Two seat BD-17 is a natural evolution of the design. It's happened again - Jim Bede has announced a new aircraft design, this time the BD-18, a two-seat version of the BD-17.

Based on previous work with innovative light aircraft, the BD-1 (eventually developed into the American Aviation AA-1 Yankee) and the BD-2, Jim Bede designed the BD-4, the first real “kitplane” in the world.

bede bd-17 nugget and bd-18 nugget TYPE: Single-seat sportplane kitbuilt; tandem-seat sportplane kitbuilt. PROGRAMME: Announced June 2000; prototype (N624BD) completed by end of that year and first flew 11 February 2001.

2007年1月11日 · Dealing with Jim Bede should be on a "COD" basis -- and not a penny paid until every single component is in your hands and confirmed IAW with specs/contract. He's a great designer, but has never demonstrated anything but financial incompetence at running a business and failure to deliver as promised.

The Bede BD-10 was Jim Bede's attempt to introduce the world's first kit-built jet-powered general aviation supersonic aircraft. [1] After several years of testing and modifications, the project was taken over by investors in order to produce fully completed civilian and military training aircraft, but these projects were never realized. Five ...

Based on previous work with innovative light aircraft, the BD-1 (eventually developed into the American Aviation AA-1 Yankee) and the BD-2, Jim Bede designed the BD-4, the first real “kitplane” in the world.

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

2015年4月20日 · Dear Boys and Girls, here is an feature in French on the Bede BD-3 light aircraft and BD-7 regional airliner which both feature a tail-mounted ducted-propellor. They are both " projects ", but they aren't " secret "......

The Bede BD-1 was a two-seat, single-engine, low-wing monoplane, the first design of American aeronautical engineer Jim Bede. The BD-1 was designed in 1960 as a kit-built aircraft intended for home assembly by amateur builders. [2]

There're 721 aircraft made by Bede.