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BEDE AIRCRAFT CORPORATION |
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Original Bede Aviation Corporation established 1960 in Kansas to develop advanced STOL aircraft. Early type was BD-1 that first flew 1963 and was later produced by others as Yankee Trainer and Traveler. Subsequent designs included BD-4 two/four-seat sporting monoplane of 1970s, and remarkable and tiny BD-5 Micro single-seat pusher-engined monoplane and its turbojet-powered derivative as the BD-5J. Following difficult period, company later reestablished as Bede Aircraft Corporation in Missouri, reviving BD-4 and BD-6 for sale in kits and plans forms. BD-12A of 1994 became tandem two-seat variant of BD-5, with larger four-seat BD-14A then put under development.
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