At one of the early Fighter Meets at North Weald, I remember seeing on one of the stands, a 3-view drawing of what looked very like a jet, but which was actually prop-driven, possibly by a ducted fan.
I think the stand also had info on other homebuilt aircraft, so maybe it belonged to a company or homebuild type association. I can’t remember the name of the ‘jet’ for certain, but ‘Red Sparrow’ seems to come to mind, and I can remember thinking that suitably painted, it would make a good Luftwaffe ‘jet’ for airshows.
I know it’s a long shot, but does anyone know which aircraft it was that I saw, if any were actually built, and if there are any 3-view drawing of this aircraft.
Geoff.
By: Geoff K - 7th July 2005 at 08:40
Hi guys, no it wasn’t a Bede, and it didn’t have twin booms. I think it was a ducted fan design, something similar to the Fantrainer, but I think it was a single seater.
Geoff.
By: Propstrike - 6th July 2005 at 23:46
Check out the Whittaker Excalibur G-BDDX, now on display at the Flambards museum, Cornwall. -Low wing with pod and booms and a ducted 5 blade fan. It flew just once.
Sorry, but Google (images) is drawing a blank on this one.
By: DazDaMan - 6th July 2005 at 22:45
Wasn’t a BD-5, was it?
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