MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Burt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing tips ...
Dick Rutan co-piloted the Voyager around the world in 1986, taking off from and landing at Edwards Air Force Base without ...
His nine-day voyage, in a plane designed by his brother that resembled a child’s glider but had wings longer than a Boeing ...
Famed pilot Richard “Dick” Rutan has died. Rutan earned distinction during a 19-year military career involving Vietnam War ...
MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Burt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing tips started dragging along the ground as it taxied down the runway.
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Co-pilots Dick Rutan, right, and Jeana Yeager, no relationship to test pilot Chuck Yeager, pose for a ...
Dick Rutan, who with copilot Jeana Yeager completed the first round-the-world flight without stops or refueling, died Friday.
Dick Rutan, the first co-pilot for the voyager aircraft on the first non-stop, non-refueled around the world flight, died at ...