Iconic Kit Returning to the Market in an All-Inclusive, Significantly Modernized Package Decades after Jim Bede introduced the BD-4 as one of aviation’s original true kitplanes, a later version of the design is preparing to hit the shelves once again under the Gratia Aero banner. The revived BD-4C was brought to Oshkosh as essentially a completed project backed by a stocked warehouse and ready-to-go builder assist facility. Gratia’s BD-4C approach prioritizes comprehensiveness. With one $287k check, customers get the standard airframe with a ballistic parachute, electric air conditioning and heating, a heads-up display, systems monitoring tech infrared camera, LIDAR altimeter, oxygen system, an integrated network system using Starlink and 4G LTE connectivity, and practically any avionics add-on they could dream of.
