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 pilot’s loss of airplane control,” said the ­National Transportation Safety Board, “was due to his diverted ­attention to the canopy opening in flight.” At what point the canopy opened ­completely ...
The NTSB cited "loss of control for undetermined reasons" as the probable cause of a VariEze aircraft crash, highlighting the challenges in investigating such accidents. Initial focus on the ...
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, ...
Rutan's 31st airplane, the mantis-like Proteus, is multi-mission but one of a kind. Jim Sugar You can always tell a Burt Rutan airplane, just as you can always tell a Dr. Seuss drawing or a Beatles ...