Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif., announced Nov. 3 that the company’s founder and chief technical officer, Burt Rutan, will retire in April. Following his retirement, Rutan will assume the title of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unveiling Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo on 28 July its prime contractor Scaled Composites denied that fatigue would be a problem… Unveiling Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) on 28 July the ...

- But without the syphilitic insanity, of course. I read about this today : the Scaled Composites "Bipod" : http://www.scaled.com/projects/bipod Seems Burt had turned ...

Arlington,VA, April 18, 2003 – Space Adventures, Ltd., the world’s leading space tourism company, congratulates Scaled Composites for their achievement in developing a two-stage sub-orbital reusable ...

Scaled Composites' BiPod is a hybrid gasoline-electric roadable aircraft designed by Burt Rutan, featuring twin fuselages and removable wings for garage storage. It is designed for dual functionality, ...

Scaled Composites founder Burt Rutan has ``no faith'' in NASA's ability to run its Centennial Challenges prize program successfully on its own. In a statement submitted to the House Space and ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Burt Rutan invigorated the homebuilt aircraft movement when he began selling the plans to build his VariEze ('very ...

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The last aircraft designed by Burt Rutan, founder and CTO of Scaled Composites, Mojave, Calif., appears to be the Bipod, a hybrid gas-electric plane that can also be driven on roads and highways like ...

Unveiling Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) on 28 July the carrier aircraft’s prime contractor Scaled Composites denied that fatigue would be a problem for its all-composite fuselage and wing ...