Bede BD-5: The World’s Smallest Jet (Video)
December 23rd, 2006 by Sze | 7 Comments | Filed in Others, Video
The single-seat Bede BD-5 is the world’s Smallest Jet as recorded in the Guinness World Records. It has its big screen debut in the James Bond flick Octopussy. Watch the video after the jump.
The Bede BD-5 is a small, single-seat homebuilt kit aircraft that was introduced in the early 1970s by Bede Aircraft Corp. It was designed by Jim Bede. It is a pusher aircraft design, with the engine installed in a compartment in the middle of the fuselage, and a propeller in the rear. Over 5,000 kits were shipped, but few were actually completed due to the company’s bankruptcy in the mid-1970s, brought on by the failure to deliver a reliable engine for the design.
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