BD-4
High Wing – Metal
BD Aero Southeast
3131 SW Jet Center Terrace
Fort Pierce, FL 34946
Email: sales@bedeaero.com
Website: https://www.jimbede.com
Parts Availability:
Some BD-4 parts available from
J.P. Murphy
17392 Chapparal Lane
Huntington Beach, California 92649
Telephone: 714-840-1914
Metal wing rib conversion and formed parts are available from:
John H. Raffensparger
J.R. Metal Works, Inc.
17122 Masemore Road
Monkton, MD 21120-9736
Telephone: 410-357-4008
BD-4 design improvements and large fin and rudder kit, send SASE for details.
Newsletters:
BD-4 Newsletters available from:
Hugo Schneider, Editor
17200 W Bell Rd. #823
Surprise, Arizona, 85374-9738
Telephone: 623-214-1676
J.R.'s BD-4 Newsletter
17122 Masemore Road
Monkton, MD 21120-8736
Telephone: 410-357-4008
Fax: 410-357-4008
Past newsletters available
BD-4 parts price list available
Website:
Builders Group website http://www.BD-4.org
Articles in EAA and related publications:
| Year | Month | Page | Magazine | Article |
| 2006 | 08 | 20 | Sport Aviation | New Version of BD-4 Kit (1/2 col) |
| 2004 | 05 | 21 | Sport Aviation | New Metal Wing Available for BD-4 (1/8 pg) |
| 2002 | 09 | 84 | Sport Aviation | Homebuilding’s Heritage #7: Bede BD-4 (1 pg) |
| 2000 | 02 | 45 | Experimenter | Education Thru Airror - BD-4 incident (1page) |
| 1999 | 10 | 39 | Sport Aviation | BD-4 Back On The Market |
| 1994 | 01 | 100 | Sport Aviation | Anthony BD-4 w/0360, 165 mph cruise |
| 1994 | 04 | 09 | Sport Aviation | BD-4 wing tanks collect water |
| 1993 | 02 | 40 | Sport Aviation | Bede Super Sport HO350 Chevy |
| 1993 | 10 | 29 | Sport Aviation | Ford 3.8 V6 in BD-4 |
| 1992 | 12 | 37 | Experimenter | BD-4 crash - got behind power curve |
| 1991 | 05 | 80 | Sport Aviation | Wilkins BD-4 w/Lyc 160 |
| 1991 | 07 | 13,38 | Sport Aviation | 447hp Chevy V8 in BD-4 |
| 1989 | 01 | 46 | Sport Aviation | Ward 300hp BD-4 |
| 1988 | 07 | 109 | Sport Aviation | Duggan Families' 2 BD-4s |
| 1988 | 12 | 10 | Sport Aviation | BD-4 Gear Problems |
| 1987 | 02 | 97 | Sport Aviation | Kauffman 160hp BD-4K |
| 1987 | 05 | 44 | Light Plane World | Engine Failure Causes Crash |
| 1987 | 09 | 92 | Sport Aviation | Ward Stretched 300hp BD-4 |
| 1986 | 09 | 97 | Sport Aviation | Goldberg BD-4, with 30' Wings & Cessna Gear |
| 1985 | 01 | 11 | Sport Aviation | John Manins' BD-4 (note and picture only) |
| 1983 | 12 | 21 | Sport Aviation | Joe Lienaus' BD-4 / IFR with Lycoming 180 (note only) |
| 1982 | 01 | 46 | Sport Aviation | S.T.O.L. BD-4 at Oshkosh 81 (note only) |
| 1982 | 08 | 58 | Sport Aviation | George Graeser's BD-4 (note only) |
| 1981 | 05 | 52 | Sport Aviation | Ron Smith's BD-4 Wing Mod. - longer wings! (2 pages) |
| 1980 | 02 | 08 | Sport Aviation | Bede Aircraft Ordered into Bankruptcy (note only) |
| 1979 | 01 | 08 | Sport Aviation | Bede Trustee Named (note only) |
| 1979 | 06 | 59 | Sport Aviation | 2 BD-4 Malfunction & Defect Reports (note only) |
| 1979 | 07 | 08 | Sport Aviation | Bede Bankruptcy now a fact (note only) |
| 1979 | 12 | 08 | Sport Aviation | BD-4 Malfunction & Defect Report (note only) |
| 1978 | 09 | 54 | Sport Aviation | Turbo BD-4 (6 pages) |
| 1976 | 02 | 23 | Sport Aviation | BD-4 Fuel Limitations (note only) |
| 1976 | 03 | 54 | Sport Aviation | Bede Niner Charlie Bravo (8 page article) |
| 1976 | 12 | 66 | Sport Aviation | Towing a BD-4 2800 miles (1 page) |
| 1973 | 05 | 06 | Sport Aviation | FAA Approves Homebuilt Materials BD-4 Kit (note only) |
| 1972 | 06 | 09 | Sport Aviation | Inter-City Speed Records (1 page) |
| 1972 | 08 | 14 | Sport Aviation | Little Deviations make Big Problems, by Jim Bede |
| 1971 | 03 | 06 | Sport Aviation | BD-4 Nationwide Tour (note only) |
| 1971 | 05 | 66 | Sport Aviation | Explanation/Ad for what BD-4 Kit includes & involves |
| 1971 | 06 | 66 | Sport Aviation | BD-4 Breakdown by weight of each individual part |
| 1971 | 07 | 42 | Sport Aviation | BD Construction Performance (1 page with pictures) |
| 1970 | 04 | 26 | Sport Aviation | Transcript of BD-4 Forum at Rockford PART 1 (3 pages.) |
| 1970 | 05 | 19 | Sport Aviation | Transcript of BD-4 Forum at Rockford PART 2 (3 pages.) |
| 1970 | 05 | 18 | Sport Aviation | Mandatory Structural Change on BD-4 (1 page) |
| 1969 | 09 | 36 | Sport Aviation | The Bede BD-4 (6 page article) |
EAA members can digitally view archived editions of Sport Aviation here.
