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 …

May 20, 2020 · Jim Bede aimed high with his little homebuilt BD-5 bullet, but engine woes and questionable financial moves caused him to overshoot the target. Flying out of Wels, Austria, …

Mar 3, 2014 · The BD-5J version holds the record for the world’s lightest single-engine jet aircraft, weighing only 358.8 lb (162.7 kg). While the new Hirth engine was being tested, Bede decided …

Welcome to the BD-5 Web Site! 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 …

Control harmony for the BD-5 is excellent and well balanced. It has an all-mechanical, retractable tricycle landing gear that could be extended or retracted in the blink of an eye. The original BD …

The BD-5 is a high performance single-place, low-wing, pusher-configuration sport plane. Design features include all-metal construction, mechanical retractable landing gear among the …

Oct 3, 2022 · The homebuilt Bede BD-5J, which first flew in 1971, was offered in kit form by the Bede Aircraft Corporation, founded and headed by the late Jim Bede, who went through a …

In 1973, Bede Aircraft introduced a jet-powered version the BD-5J. This aircraft still holds the record as the world’s smallest jet aircraft and is a popular air show performer. The BD-5J was …

The BD-5J is the jet version of the original BD-5 propeller aircraft. It holds the record as the smallest jet aircraft. The aircraft featured a Microturbo jet engine. This aircraft type was …

358.8 lbs -- the lightest known powered BD-5A/B/G/J ever built! into custom wing ribs and working nosewheel steering. (NOTE: The design components of this aircraft which depart from the …