NOTED: FLAT PATTERN FOR FU14 BULKHEAD AND MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES Document dated: April 10, 1974 … This content and much more… is available to BD5 Club members! Join today: www.bd5club.org/membership MEMBER BENEFITS – Members Forum – Presentations & Workshops – Club News & Editorial – Technical Library – Historical Library – Continue Reading
BD Plans Change Notice: PCN 5-12
NOTED: RUDDER HINGE REINFORCEMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES FOR NEW INSTALLATIONS 1. Fabricate one VS13 doubler from .032″ 2024T3 sheet. Be sure all edges are smooth. 2. Insert VS13 inside of VS2 spar and slide upward until VS13 fits tightly. The excess material extending above VS2 may be left on and Continue Reading
BD-5 and BD-5D Seminars
Dear BD Customer, We want to let you know that Jim Bede will be holding Seminars on the BD-5 and BD-5D in the following cities on the dates shown. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1974 – LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIAPLACE: THE AMERICANA (Near Airport)TIME: 1:00 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1974 – SAN FRANCISCO, Continue Reading
Customer Complaint: Bob Bevington
Dear Sir, Mr Doug Umbreit, 1630 Paullus Ave, Memphis, Tenn. has filed suit against Bede. There may be others. This may bring down his whole house of cards. The “D” purchasers are in real trouble—hopefully, some of the “Experimental” builders may get enough parts to build something. Me—-I guess I Continue Reading
Customer Complaint: 7 December 1973
Bede Aircraft, IncNewton Municipal AirportNewton, Kansas 67114 Attention: John Hall Dear Mr Hall: I am writing to inform you I am a BD-5 builder again. I sold out of my kit in order to build a house. I am not assisting a partner, Mr Floyd Richards, to build aircraft #381. Continue Reading
BD Customer Information Bulletin No.2
MATERIALS AND PLANS We know this is the foremost question on everyone’s mind, particularly our earlier customers, and we really do have good news for you all. We won’t go into too much detail about broken promises from suppliers, or the amount of material we reject and thereby further delay Continue Reading
The Energy Crisis is a Reality
Dear BD-5 Owner, In case you are not aware of the devastating affect that the Bill that is at present before the House of Representatives will have on you personally and the aviation world as a whole, we want to bring to your attention the following FACTS. Aviation is being Continue Reading
Introducing John Hall, Marketing Manager
Dear BD-5 Builder, Although some of you may already know me, I do want to introduce myself as the newly-appointed Marketing Manager for Bede Aircraft, Inc. Until the end of last month, I was at the company’s Cleveland, Ohio office, where i have been with the company for four years. Continue Reading
BD Customer Information Bulletin No.1
Some of our BD-5 builders have received the first four packages, but have not started construction of their aircraft due to some parts being backordered. Although some parts are missing, the four packages contain enough materials to build the wings, vertical fin, rudder (minus the counter balance and balsa tip Continue Reading
BD Plans Change Notice: PCN 5-11
RIVET LOCATION – INBOARD SWING REAR SPAR Document dated: November 5, 1973 … This content and much more… is available to BD5 Club members! Join today: www.bd5club.org/membership MEMBER BENEFITS – Members Forum – Presentations & Workshops – Club News & Editorial – Technical Library – Historical Library – BD5 Photo Continue Reading