COEUR D’ALENE – De legendarische piloot, onderwijzer en avonturier Dick Rutan is vrijdag (3 mei) op 85-jarige leeftijd overleden aan complicaties als gevolg van een jaar lang gevecht met long-covid.
Rutan, known for smooth flying style, survived having to eject twice from planes and being stranded at north pole Burt Rutan ...
Dick Rutan co-piloted the Voyager around the world in 1986, taking off from and landing at Edwards Air Force Base without ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Co-pilots Dick Rutan, right, and Jeana Yeager, no relationship to test pilot Chuck Yeager, pose for a ...
Dick Rutan, along with copilot Jeana Yeager, completed one of the greatest milestones in aviation history: the first round-the-world flight with no stops or refueling MEREDITH, N.H. -- Burt Rutan ...
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 ...
MEREDITH, N.H. — 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 ...