Head on, the Boomerang may be hard to fathom, but it’s easy to control — even if one engine quits. Chad Slattery When I first saw the Boomerang, Burt Rutan’s twin-engine, asymmetric, five ...

Long before inventing SpaceShipOne and Voyager—the first aircraft to circle the world nonstop and unrefueled—Burt Rutan revolutionized the practice of homebuilding airplanes with a 700-pound ...

Burt Rutan transformed the whole approach to the traditional design and construction of homebuilt aircraft when he began selling plans to build the VariEze ('very easy') during summer 1976. Propelled ...

AirVenture workers are proud to have Burt Rutan aircraft for visitors to check out. They’re definitely unique. EAA says Rutan is best known for designing SpaceShipOne and Voyager for around-the ...

Dick Rutan died on May 3, 2024 at the age of 85 after a long struggle with the consequences of Long COVID. He will be sorely missed by the aviation community and countless others, but his ...

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.

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 ...