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8 July 1992. 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 ...
Jim Bede. James R. Bede (April 17, 1933 – July 9, 2015) was an American aircraft designer and developer, particularly noted for his development of influential, fast, efficient, light aircraft, including his BD-1 (forerunner of the Grumman-American line [1]), and the BD-4, [2] BD-5 [3] and BD-10 [4] kitplanes.
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 driven).
On the 27th of the same month, she made another contact at 10:45 but ended the search fifteen minutes later. Two minutes later a ship in the convoy was torpedoed and at 01:49 Argo found a contact at 1,500 yards (1,400 m) with the target moving slowly to the right. The cutter closed to 650 yards (590 m) but lost contact at 150 yards (140 m) and ...
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Bede BD-4. The Bede BD-4 is an American light aircraft, designed by Jim Bede for homebuilding and available since 1968. It was one of the first homebuilt aircraft to be offered in kit form. [1] It remains one of the world's most popular homebuilts with thousands of plans sold and hundreds of examples completed to date. [citation needed]
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 has a small, streamlined fuselage holding its semi-reclined pilot under a large canopy ...
The BD-6 is marketed as a kit homebuilt. [1] The prototype was damaged in St Louis in the Great Flood of 1993, but in 2005 was reportedly under restoration by Bedecorp. The company created new drawings to finally bring the design to market. By 2011 kits were for sale for US$13,000 and two aircraft had been flown. [1]