The Scaled Composites Pond Racer (Company designation Model 158) was a twin-engine twin-boom aircraft developed for Bob Pond by Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites.

Rutan about a racing aircraft using state-of-the-art technology, and in 1988 contracted with Burt Rutan to design and build a prototype that would become known as the Pond Racer .

May 13, 2021 · A beautiful and efficient Rutan-designed airframe mated to compact and powerful race engines, with enough time and money, the Pond Racer might have succeeded. Part …

Scaled Composites (often called simply Scaled) is an American aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan and currently owned by Northrop Grumman. It is located at the Mojave Air and …

Mar 31, 2023 · On March 22nd 1991 Dick Rutan took the Scaled Composites Pond Racer out for its first spin in the sky. Commenting afterwards, Rutan noted how the maiden voyage had …

Sep 12, 2017 · Robert Pond, a World War II naval aviator and later vintage aircraft collector, helped design this plane as an alternative to racing vintage warbirds which were being …

Commissioned by Bob Pond to be built of composites by Burt Rutan, the Model 158 Pond Racer was an exceptional design. It resembled a P-38 with twin booms and a center pilot cockpit.

Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (/ ˈ r uː t ən /; born June 17, 1943) is a retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, …

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The Rutan Pond Racer was a racing aircraft intended to create a new category of racing aircraft for the Reno air races. It was powered by two automobile engines developing 1000 hp each, …