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A collection of reference materials for the BD-5, such as Bede Aircraft's information memos, newsletters, letters to owners regarding various aircraft and company issues, reviews, etc. This Library will continue to grow as I find time to transcribe the materials I have.
The Bede BD-5 is a series of single-engine single-seat homebuilt sports aircraft designed by American Jim Bede. The kit was produced by Bede Aircraft Corporation.
The BD-5J is a single-seat, single-engine, homebuilt jet aircraft sold as a kit by Bede 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 September 12, 1971.
Only 13 feet long and 4 feet high, the compact Bede BD-5 provides enough internal volume for the pilot, the engine, and little else. Photo: Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
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 long-wing BD-5 55-hp micro will cruise at 200 mph, get 38 miles per gallon of gas, fly 1215 miles nonstop, is fully acrobatic (with short wings), yet performs almost like a sailplane with long wings.
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.
