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 ...

Aerospace legend Burt Rutan ready for a landing ... In 1975, Rutan found success with his VariEze (pronounced “very easy”) ... he developed the Long EZ, ...

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 is the founder of Scaled Composites, which is helping to build SpaceShipTwo– Virgin Galactic's spaceship for tourists to experience suborbital flights. He and his company vaulted into ...

Burt Rutan with his SpaceShipOne , ... This becomes quite easy when there is an enormous amount of data to ... a long Ice Age occurred about every 90,000 years or so with a large percentage of 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 ...

Burt Rutan — a Cal Poly grad and renowned aerospace pioneer who has long championed space tourism — said he hopes the tragic crash of a Virgin Galactic test flight last month won’t slow down ...

Aviation Week – Burt Rutan, who retired in April, has unveiled a roadable plane design. The Model 367 BiPod is a two-seat, hybrid-electric roadable aircraft. Originally conceived as a rapid, low-cost ...

But when the legendary Burt Rutan reveals a new project, we take him at his word. This week he revealed the SkiGull amphibian, his personal dream plane, which could be one of the most versatile ...

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 ...

Commercial space pioneer Burt Rutan criticized Obama administration proposals to outsource key portions of NASA's manned space program to private firms.