Jim Bede

American aviation inventor

James R. "Jim" Bede (17 April 1933 – 9 July 2015)[1] was an American aircraft designer. He designed well over a dozen aircraft since the 1960s, but a string of business failures have kept most of these designs out of widespread use.

Aircraft designer Jim Bede, at the BD-5 Expo 2000 in Fort Worth, Texas

Bede died of an aneurysm in Cleveland, Ohio, aged 82.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Bede Corp (9 July 2015). "Official announcement in memory of Jim Bede". Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. "Gone West: Jim Bede". Aero News Network. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  3. "Kitplane Designer Jim Bede Dies". avweb.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.