Jim Bede

Corkey Fornof, live and in color! The story of how he got his nickname is great!

Yours truly, in record humidity!

Mr. Gerry Kauth, manufacturer of the one and only BD-5 drive system you should have in your airplane.

Skeeter Karnes of BD Micro Technologies, displaying the amazingly small Microair 760 radio. BDM is a dealer!

Roger Bloxham's taildragger BD-5. We have no idea if it will fly, but he sure gets an A+ for effort!

Your host's BD-5, with trailer and a rare Piaggio multiengine seaplane in the background.

The cockpit of Juan's BD-5

Juan's travelling hangar.

Bill and Ginny Senter's gorgeously restored Pulse. This is a work of art!

A wing rib assembly jig that was for sale at the Expo.

This fuselage, built at Bede Aircraft Corp.'s facility, was to be auctioned at the Expo. The high bid did not meet the reserve.

Class is in session!

Gerry Kauth's Drive system

Another view of Gerry Kauth's drive system.

A schematic diagram of the BD-5 drive system.

An alternative propulsion system for the BD-5?

The Grand Prize at the Expo Raffle, a Hirth F20 engine. Ed Williams won it.

Shuffling the Expo raffle tickets, Jim Bede drew the winners.

The three pics above are of a testbed installation of a Solar engine in a BD-5 fuselage. This is not the BD Micro Quantum engine.

Skeeter Karnes of BD Micro Technologies gave a great seminar on Sunday.

Checking the leading edge problems with original BD wing skins.

Truck-A-Plane, Part II

More pictures and several hours of video will become available in the near future. Stay tuned!

Last Update: 11/5/2000
Images and Expo 2000 Logo Copyright 2000 by Jose Del Pino
Used with permission.