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Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, had died at age 85
“Dick never doubted whether my design would actually make it around, with still some gas in the tank,” Burt Rutan said. Voyager left from Edwards Air Force Base in California just after 8 a.m ...
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Aviation pioneer Dick Rutan dies at age 85
Rutan was a decorated Vietnam War pilot and ... round-the-world flight with no stops for refueling. Their plane — the Voyager — was made exclusively of carbon fiber composite materials ...