Come see the exciting, but sad, history of the Bede BD5J jet aircraft featured in the James Bond “Octopussy” movie. If you have enough money to purchase the kit, & time & expertise to build it, you can still get yourself a modern, improved version! Hope you enjoy. Cheers.
I enjoyed that. Great to learn that improved BD5J kits are being produced and it looks stunning in unpainted aluminum. I would have liked to see more video clips from the pilot’s POV. It must be a thrilling ride.
Agree, some more cockpit shots would have been nice.
I enjoyed learning more about the jet though, I never knew there was that metal version.
I have always loved the BD-5. In the 70s I had a U line control version(model). I would love to have a real one.
Here is some nice pilot POV, but from a sort of similar Subsonex JSX2. Cheers.
Wow, I was surprised that VR was around 70 kt and he flew final at 80. I would have guessed faster.
I didn’t see the Subsonex part, but that makes sense.
This video has a lot of information on the designer and origins of the BD-5. Lots of original video. Crazy to think that they sold 5100 kits.
