John Halpenny wrote:
Morgans wrote:



Although I have never flown one, the experienced pilots that did said things
like; it would eat most people alive, that it scared them, and so on.
--
Since the BD5 only has one seat, it is not possible to be trained in
type. I can't think of a common training aircraft that even comes
close. It was supposed to be affordable for anyone, even those who did
not have a lot of high performance experience, yet it has a high stall
speed and a 'responsive' feel. This just sounds dangerous.

Has there ever been a single seat, low cost high performance aircraft
that has been successful? I won't count the Mini 500:-)

John Halpenny

Please don't forget about the truckaplane... Some considered it a bigger
innovation then the BD-5 itself...


http://w1.rob.com/pix/BD5/truckaplane


The more complete story
http://www.airbum.com/pireps/PirepBD-5.html

Mike