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Famed Aircraft Designer James Bede Dies

Posted by timothy on from the earned-his-wings dept.

linuxwrangler writes with a bit of news overlooked from last week, but worth noting: Prolific aircraft designer James "Jim" Bede has died at age 82. Although Bede designed numerous aircraft he is most commonly associated with the BD-5J, the "world's smallest jet", that was famously used to help James Bond escape in the movie "Octopussy." Bede's company currently has that aircraft for sale.

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  1. Ashamed of you, Slashdot editors by FooAtWFU · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ashamed of the submitter/editors for messing up this opportunity and letting us all down. The correct title of this story is that the venerable aircraft designer James Bede has died.

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