Even as a young child growing up in the small Central Valley town of Dinuba, Dick Rutan knew that he wanted to be a pilot. Whenever he heard an airplane, he would gaze up and it seemed the sky was ...

On December 23, 1986, an airplane landed at Edwards AFB. This by itself wouldn’t mean much, but this particular airplane had just written history. Piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, the Rutan ...

Over 300 people gather at Mojave Air and Space Port to celebrate the life of Dick Rutan, who died last month MOJAVE, Calif. (KERO) — Friends share fascinating stories of Mojave's famous pilot Dick ...

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 ...

The cover of the August 6, 1984 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology shows the Rutan Voyager in its flight test phase. Designed by Burt Rutan for Voyager Aircraft Co., the two-place composite ...

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 ...