Though Jimenez's BD5J may have never flown, there have been several that
have. I saw a demonstration team at an airshow that was flying BD5Js. Here
is a YouTube video relating to the one that appeared in a James Bond movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gPc2D9FMOo

and here is the it's last flight in Arizona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Wq8...eature=related

Undoubtedly today's smallest jet aircraft is the cricri.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y-AL3YfWzM

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/



"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ...

In a previous article, Bob Moore 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



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