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Looking for info on world record jet aircraft
On 5/30/2012 9:38 PM, Ted Parvo wrote:
In , (Paul Tomblin) wrote: In a previous article, Bob said: However....just Google BD-5J and you will find that there have been several built and I have personally seen one of fly an aerobatic routine at an airshow. However the one Jimenez bought, which he claims on Wikipedia "held the Guiness record for World's Smallest Jet for more than 25 years" has never been seen to fly. When I pointed that out on the Talk page for the BD5 entry, he got very angry and claimed that he was going to fly it any day now, while not denying that it has never flown. He hasn't updated that assertion since 2006. Jimenez himself, posting as "Flybd5", is the main source for all the information about it on Wikipedia, you can take anything it says there with a massive grain of salt. It is currently listed on his web site as "for sale", again with no indication that it has ever flown, but that page hasn't been updated in a very long time. http://bd5.com/my5j.htm His posting name is why I looked into the BD5, and I stumbled on something that's not adding up. If it's never flown, how can it get an aircraft record? Was this claim used to market the aircraft or designers, based on this specific kit that never flew? No-one involved seems eager to answer these questions, and they shouldn't be. It is a curiosity that the record holder of 25 years angrily won't, and the issuer of the record claims complete ignorance of this aircraft, or the BD5. No hits on a search of their site. If there were a simple answer, I'd have it by now, but there seems to be no answer at all, and that's just a bit damn weird, as is the holder of this "record". Long long ago, far far away, It WAS true - at one time. The BD5 was the smallest jet by quite bit. Before the CriCri showed up... |
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