| Manny, e-mail, 27.06.2012 01:03 I, like many others, sent my money and nothing happened except our money disappeared.
What a guy James was.
How about the "Lean Machine". A motorcycle inside a BD5 shell.
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| Steven Leboeuf, e-mail, 22.05.2012 22:51 I saw the bd5 at Corky Fornof's Hanger in Houma La. in 1974. I even sat in it. It was awesome!I still have pics. for it. I even saw a prototype for a prop type. Corky moved away after his dad crashed.My dad worked for Mr. bill.He and Corky are Great pilots.Corky flew over my house many times in the bd5.
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| Bill Wheat, e-mail, 08.07.2011 08:42 Enjoyed watching Bobby Bishop at several Airshows in Was9ington State in the 60's abd 70's
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| Roger, e-mail, 16.04.2011 14:32 I saw my first BD-5J at an air show in Sante Fe New Mexico around 1979 I think.. Quite impressive little jet back then.
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| Phil Hartzell, e-mail, 11.04.2011 05:40 question...remember the Coors beer commercials from about 20 years ago ? Didnt they fly several BD's as part of a promo deal at airshows and on tv ? Silver Bullet?
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| Bill, 11.03.2011 07:28 So impressed to see this little jet do a tail slide at Arlinton Wa.
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| Bill, 11.03.2011 07:27 So impressed to see this little jet do a tail slide at Arlinton Wa.
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| Louis Moore, e-mail, 05.03.2011 23:45 My fuzzy memory says that there was a Bede-4 - perhaps only the prototype built. Bede solicited down payments for the yet to be built planes. I sent $500. , but apparently the idea never got off the ground. There was no refund.
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| Dean Seaman, e-mail, 18.10.2010 18:08 My father had a subscription to Popular Science magazine. The August 1973 issue had a BD-5 (prop version) on the cover.
I was 10 years old then and thought that was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.
A few years later, I saw a BD-5J perform at a local air show. The announcer said the landing gear could open or close in one second. The pilot flew low over the runway and opened and closed the gear several times on a slow pass. I clocked it with my wristwatch and he was right!
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| Bare, e-mail, 17.09.2010 22:51 It is not a BD-5. It is the BD-5J recognizable by the NASA ducts and the thrust reversing clamshell on the tail. The BD-5 A and B (Prop versions) had a spinner on the prop.
The thrust reverser stuck on Les Berven, the test pilot, causing him to land short of the field at Oshkosh.
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| Bob Bishop, e-mail, 15.09.2010 02:19 I believe that aircraft was officially licensed as an 'MJ-90' standing for Micro Jet 90. The 90 referred to the thrust in Kg. I test flew that aircraft in the mid 1970s. If I am not mistaken - that's me in the cockpit!
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| Jon Kunkel, e-mail, 05.12.2009 01:21 Kurt, this is BD-5J F-WZAV. It is a french jet powered by the TRS-18 turbojet.
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| Dain, e-mail, 07.06.2009 08:19 If you look just behind the inlets you will see a Negitave pressure door open. This was to let in additional air at low airspeeds so that the jet engine did not collapse the fusalage. At higher airspeeds the inlets will pressurize the fuselage plenum and the door closes.
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| Kurt, e-mail, 16.03.2009 04:07 Are you sure this is not the BD-5? That sure looks like a prop turning on the tail and a blur behind the aircraft, in line with where the prop would be loks like a prop turning.
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| John Holihan, e-mail, 23.05.2008 08:28 The BD 5 played a roll in a James Bond movie. It rolled out the back of a moving tractor trailer and flew away.
At flight idle the plane was hard to slow down so Jim Bede installed clam shells on the engine.
Flying magazine did an article on it some where around 1981.
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