WingFlaps wrote in
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On Feb 17, 6:20*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dallas wrote in news:1u5nc898ll9l2
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:01:59 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Ah, OK, that's the BD 5J. the BD 10 was a whole nuther thing. It
looked

like an F-14 and was a two seater.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untit...led/0118958/L/

Death trap.

Yeah, hey didn't work too well. I think both crashed.


Did you know that Bede design suggested that a turbofan powered car
could out perform direct drive in fuel economy? Makes you wonder what
book of aeronautics he worked from.


Yipes! Kind of a shame about Jim Bede, really. He had some interesting
ideas.
Nothing he ever did panned out unless you consider the AA1 a success.


Bertie