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 ...

The Model 281 Proteus and Model 401 Sierra were on static display at Nellis Air Force Base for Aviation Nation 2025. Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, hosted the Aviation Nation 2025 airshow on Apr ...

Rutan would have accepted larger engines, but he opposed the other modifications because they violated, in one way or another, his “no pilot action” philosophy.

Potential missions include reconnaissance, atmospheric research, commercial imaging, and, ultimately, serving as a launch platform for a three-passenger spacecraft (Proteus designer Burt Rutan is ...

Named for a Greek sea-god, Proteus was designed by Scaled Composites' founder Burt Rutan to be a "high-altitude, long-duration telecommunications relay platform," and it has the ability to soar at ...

Burt Rutan has designed a flying car, and it is no surprise that it’s unlike any other flying car that’s come before. It’s a hybrid. The gasoline-electric twin-pod vehicle has a range of 760 ...

Burt Rutan flies his radio-controlled, tethered model airplane at his home in Coeur d’Alene on Aug. 15. He now envisions developing a hybrid plane that could also navigate rivers and lakes ...