SpaceNews

Burt Rutan, Paul G. Allen, and the SpaceShipOne Team are honored for creating and flying the first privately developed reusable spacecraft.

Ingenious. Tireless. Masterful. Aerospace engineer and entrepreneur Burt Rutan turns ideas into winged vehicles that soar, take powered flight, and now rocket into space, safely returning to land ...
NBC Washington

Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85

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. He grabbed the radio to warn the ...
Daily Emerald

Group discusses ‘pedal power’ with designer

Consistently short drives aren’t always a great sign for an offense. Generally speaking, it is harder to score on a 75-yard drive when running... Twenty-five University students, staff members and ...
KESQ News

Dick Rutan, who set an aviation milestone when he flew nonstop around the world, is dead at 85

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. He grabbed the ...
Yahoo

Dick Rutan, Vietnam War pilot and record-breaking aviator, dies at 85

MEREDITH, N.H. — 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. He grabbed the radio ...