Talk:Bede BD-5

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[edit] Scott Manning killed in BD-5J crash

A "BD-5 jet" has just gone down near Ottawa, possibly killing the unknown pilot: http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/06/16/plane-crash.html?ref=rss Somegeek 17:43, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

More details, pilot's identity: http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/story/to-planecrash20060616.html?ref=rss Somegeek 19:20, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of section

However heart touching or well written the section on Scott Manning is, I feel that it should be removed from this piece for a few reasons:

1. Wikipedia is not the format for things of this nature. Not only does this violate POV rules, it also conflicts with wikipedia's mission as a source for facts and information.
2. This section is also written in the first person, which both exaggerates the POV of the piece and, once more, conflicts with wikipedia’s encyclopedia nature.
3. And finally, it is, quite frankly, not really relevant information on the airplane itself.

If anyone wants to make an entry on the pilot or the incident, please do, and link to it in this entry. I just don’t think that this section really works...

--Schuyler s. 20:32, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Schuyler s. on all points. However, I felt that the section had enough interesting content, and that Scott was noteworthy enough to support a new article. I have copied the most-developed version of the section from this article's history and (with very minor edits) used it to create Scott Manning. It still suffers from all the flaws that Schuyler s. noted. I hope that the original author and others interested in Scott will develop it in to a complete article according to Wikipedia conventions. Somegeek 14:33, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smallest Jet?

The BD5-J that has the Guiness Record has never actually flown, and the man who built it has it up for sale. Many in the aviation community doubt that it will ever fly at the weight that it was certified at because of a lack of safety features. 69.207.190.17 02:15, 23 December 2006 (UTC)Paul Tomblin

• It is usually considered a good idea to limit your comments to subjects in which you have at least an inkling of knowledge. The BD-5J which currently has the Guinness Record has already passed its initial condition inspection (which resulted in a log entry by an A&P finding the aircraft and engine to be airworthy) and is in fact overengineered for safety, with changes such as the only solid i-beam spar on a BD-5, four times stronger than the tubular spar, a fact that was verified independently by a Dutch aeronautical engineer and Jim Bede himself. It is currently awaiting assignment of an inspector from the Miami FSDO for its airworthiness certificate. Guinness knew the aircraft had not flown yet when it was given the record. Flybd5 04:52, 23 December 2006 (UTC)