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Bede BD-5
Bede BD-5 Microjet
History:
The BD-5 Micro is a series of small, single seat homebuilt aircraft created in the late 1960’s by the US aircraft designer Jim Bede through his now defunct Bede Aircraft Corporation. The aircraft were sold in kit-form, which made them cheap and thus very popular.
Over 5,000 orders were taken for the kit BD-5, with 12,000 orders placed for a FFA-certified factory built version which unfortunately never came to fruition. The combination of the fighter jet looks and low cost was said to make the aircraft desirable
Bede BD-5 Microjet
- Our Bede BD-5 was built in the 1980's as a home kit-build
- It has a Rotax Reciprocating engine, capable of producing about 80 horsepower
- The 172 had a top speed of 322 km/h (174 knots)
- It had a surface ceiling of 26,000 feet
- It had a total range of 1,625km
- The BD-5 has a 21 foot 6 inch wingspan and only measures 13 foot 7 inches long!
- The first flight of the prototype occurred on the 12th of September 1971
- The BD-5 is banned from the British Register, but there are 2 airframes still airworthy on the Irish Register
