"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:50:29 -0600, "Whome?" wrote:

Ok, we have roasted the Mini 500, how about the BD5?

Dave "Hammer" Harris, an airshow pilot who used to fly a BD-5J at
airshows, is a
member of one of my EAA Chapters. He likes the -5 a lot, though he says
there's
a lot of things you have to correct if you start with a Bede kit. He had
the
jet for the shows, and a VW-powered version for his personal bird. Used
to fly
it to Chapter events. Went by his hangar once, and he had a third,
partially-completed model, too.

Don't know if he's still flying any of them. I know he had an engine fire
with
his VW a number of years back.

He sold the VW, and I believe it has the record for the most money paid for
a recip BD-5. Dave's airplanes are works of art, IMO.

The jet flies with these guys: http://www.smart-1.us. He's very close with
Bobby Bishop and does a lot of cruise missile surrogate work through them
for all branches of the military. In fact, Aerial Productions is a prime
contractor for the military.

Last I heard Dave was modifying a Caproni jet motorglider with a different
type of turbine engine (they originally came with Microturbo TRS-18-046.)
and had already flown it. I haven't heard anything since.

Juan



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