While Rutan was readying Voyager for its first flight ... The Advanced Technology Tactical Transport model was able to take off in 680 feet; the agency calculated that the full-scale aircraft ...

It was designed by Burt Rutan, an esteemed aerospace design engineer known for developing the Rutan Voyager, the airplane ... The aircraft had been written off in a transport crash in Wildwood ...

The Rutan Voyager aircraft takes off from California to complete the first ... like Virgin Galactic and SpaceX are even planning to take passengers into orbit. Some airlines are also working ...

“Bigger than life, in every sense of the word,” Morris said, listing off Rutan's legacy in the Vietnam War, testing planes and on the Voyager flight. “Any one of those contributions would ...

Biden administration details how producers of sustainable aviation fuel will get tax credits Perhaps his greatest claim to fame came in 1986 when Rutan and co-pilot Jeana Yeager took off from ...