2011年8月5日 · By his early 30s, Burt Rutan already had years of experience as an Air Force test pilot under his belt, as well as experience designing, building and selling his own aircraft. The all-wood,...

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, and energy-efficient air and space craft.

After the VariEze created a sensation at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Oshkosh, Wisconsin fly-in, Rutan enlarged it (every dimension changed), redesigned it for a 100-horsepower ...

2011年3月16日 · A single turbine powered aircraft designed by Burt Rutan which established the first solo non-stop airplane flight around the world in 67 hours and 1 minute with Steve Fossett at the controls on 28 February 2005 to 3 March 2005. The aircraft broke the record previously established by the Rutan Voyager. Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus ...

The VariViggen, the design of which Burt had started working on in the early 1960s while an aeronautical engineering student at Cal Poly, was an effort to design a rela- tively fast airplane for its power, but one that was easy to fly and essentially stall and

2024年8月25日 · The Rutan Solitaire, a self-launching sailplane Burt designed to win a glider design competition, is among the key Rutan designs, and it’s the rarest of all Rutan homebuilts, with only 18 built. Only two are known to be flying. One is part of RAFE and the Solitaire flying in this year’s show is owned by Harold Bickford and on loan to RAFE.

2022年12月16日 · While Burt Rutan made his reputation within the aerospace sector with his homebuilt designs it was Voyager that brought him to the attention of the world. The remarkable project to design and build an aeroplane that could fly round-the-world non-stop and non-refuelled took six years – but on 14 December 1986 Dick Rutan (Burt’s brother) and ...

Known as an aviation maverick, Elbert “Burt” Leander Rutan, is the most innovative and productive aircraft designer of all time. With over 300 conceptualized vehicles, and over 30 of those designs built and tested, it’s easy to see why.

Most of these were two-seater aircraft; Rutan became adept at building lightweight, yet strong and powerful planes using composite materials. His first design was the Rutan VariViggen, a two-seat pusher with a canard in front, the canard would become a …

2005年6月1日 · Working out in the high desert of the Mojave, Rutan has designed aircraft that have burst records for speed, distance and fuel economy. One of the most famous is Voyager, which, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, made the first nonstop, un-refueled flight around the world in 1986.