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Jim Bede
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James R. Bede (April 17, 1933 ā July 9, 2015) was an American aircraft designer and developer, particularly noted for his development of influential, fast, efficient, light aircraft, including his BD-1 (forerunner of the Grumman-American line[1]), and the BD-4,[2] BD-5[3] and BD-10[4] kitplanes. He designed well over a dozen aircraft starting in the 1960s, but a string of business failures, and legal, technical and safety problems kept most of these designs out of widespread use.[1][5][6][7][8][4]
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![]() Aircraft designer Jim Bede, at the BD-5 Expo 2000 in Fort Worth, Texas | |
Born | (1933-04-17)April 17, 1933 |
Died | July 9, 2015(2015-07-09) (aged 82) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Aircraft designer |
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