{"id":10837529,"date":"2026-08-09T16:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/bede-bd-5j-smallest-jet-james-bond-octopussy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:20:41","slug":"bede-bd-5j-smallest-jet-james-bond-octopussy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/de\/bede-bd-5j-smallest-jet-james-bond-octopussy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jet James Bond Parked at a Gas Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>In the opening minutes of <em>Octopussy<\/em> (1983), Roger Moore&rsquo;s James Bond escapes an exploding hangar in a jet barely bigger than he is, outruns a heat-seeking missile, then coasts up to a petrol station and deadpans: &ldquo;Fill her up, please.&rdquo; The joke works because the aeroplane is real &mdash; and it really is that small.<\/p>\r\n<p>It is the Bede BD-5J, and more than half a century after it first flew, it still holds the record as the smallest jet aircraft in the world.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Kurzinfo<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>Typ:<\/strong> Bede BD-5J &mdash; single-seat microjet<\/li><li><strong>Designer:<\/strong> Jim Bede, Bede Aircraft (jet version introduced 1973)<\/li><li><strong>Leergewicht:<\/strong> about 160 kg (359 lb)<\/li><li><strong>Motor:<\/strong> Microturbo TRS-18 turbojet, ~225 lb thrust<\/li><li><strong>H\u00f6chstgeschwindigkeit:<\/strong> around 300 mph<\/li><li><strong>Bekanntheitsgrad:<\/strong> world&rsquo;s smallest jet; star of <em>Octopussy<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lu81z9RpA5Y\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A jet you build in your garage<\/h2><p>The BD-5 was born from a very 1970s dream. Designer Jim Bede wanted to sell everyday people a personal aircraft they could build from a kit in their own garage. The result was a tiny single-seater, and in 1973 he added the showstopper: a jet version, the BD-5J, powered by a French Microturbo TRS-18 no bigger than a beer keg, pushing out around 225 pounds of thrust.<\/p>\r\n<p>At roughly 160 kilograms empty and a shade over three metres long, it was less an aeroplane than a wearable one.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=74254218  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/bede-bd-5j-acrostar-octopussy-james-bond.jpg\" alt=\"Bede BD-5J Acrostar from Octopussy on museum display\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The actual Acrostar BD-5J from <em>Octopussy<\/em>, on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The dream that did not quite fly<\/h2><p>The trouble was that almost nobody could finish one. Thousands of kits were sold, but the BD-5 was fiendishly hard to build and harder to fly, and the piston engine intended for the propeller version never materialised reliably &mdash; leaving many garages with a beautiful little airframe and no way to power it. Bede Aircraft slid into financial and legal trouble, and the few BD-5s that did fly earned a fearsome reputation, killing a grim share of the handful of pilots brave enough to take them up.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>&ldquo;Jim Bede aimed high with his little homebuilt BD-5 bullet, but engine woes and questionable financial moves caused him to overshoot the target.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>HistoryNet<\/strong> &mdash; on Jim Bede and the BD-5<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/18g8g5oJPRc\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The airshow star and the movie stunt<\/h2><p>The jet found its real calling not in garages but at airshows. Stunt pilot Corkey Fornof built and flew BD-5Js as the world&rsquo;s first civilian jet demonstration team, and the Coors Light &ldquo;Silver Bullet&rdquo; team wowed 1980s crowds with formation aerobatics in the pocket-sized jets. So when the makers of <em>Octopussy<\/em> needed a jet small enough for a hangar chase, Fornof simply flew the Acrostar through it for real.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1540172903  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/bede-bd-5j-microjet-airshow.jpg\" alt=\"Bede BD-5J microjet at an airshow\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A BD-5J on the airshow circuit, where the world&rsquo;s smallest jet found lasting fame. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>&ldquo;The BD-5 proved to be a challenge both to build and to fly, and even when finished, the tiny aircraft required a very competent pilot to fly it safely.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Aviation historians<\/strong> &mdash; on the BD-5<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8RwBRqgm4wQ\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p>The BD-5 never became the everyman&rsquo;s jet Jim Bede imagined. 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