Rutan's 31st airplane, the mantis-like Proteus, is multi-mission but one of a kind. Jim Sugar You can always tell a Burt Rutan airplane, just as you can always tell a Dr. Seuss drawing or a ...

“Dick never doubted whether my design would actually make it around, with still some gas in the tank,” Burt Rutan said. Voyager left from Edwards Air Force Base in California just after 8 a.m ...

Burt Rutan is one of the most significant aircraft designers in history. Six of his creations are in the National Air and Space Museum. Rutan is also the man who predicted, on a 2003 panel ...

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Rutan died Friday at a hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, after suffering from a lung infection, said his brother Burt Rutan, an aerospace engineer who designed the spindly Voyager and was at his ...

It featured a pusher engine and propeller and a tricycle landing gear. It was designed by Burt Rutan, an esteemed aerospace design engineer known for developing the Rutan Voyager, the airplane ...

The honorary prom king of the nerd high school that is Seattle, Paul Allen is quite the overachieve THE NERD KING Most Likely to Space Out: Paul Allen and aerospace engineer Burt Rutan of Scaled ...

[Burt Rutan] is someone who needs no introduction. Apparently, he likes the look of the Icon A5 and is working on his own version. [Alexandre] is working on an Arduino compatible board that has ...

The second man behind the Stratolaunch is Burt Rutan, a giant in the aviation world, who wrote several books on composite construction. There are more Rutan designs on display at the National Air ...