Push-pull engine configurations have been a feature on some military aircraft since the First World War. One of the earliest examples was the Kennedy Giant, an experimental British heavy bomber ...

Rutan in his VariEze, back in the day. Courtesy Scaled Composites Long before inventing SpaceShipOne and Voyager— the first aircraft to circle the world nonstop and unrefueled—Burt Rutan ...

The White Knight aircraft, carrying Rocket Ship One on its belly, is rolled out of the hangar at Mojave Airport for a test flight in May 2004. White Knight carried Space Ship One, designed by Burt ...

On December 23, 1986, an airplane landed at Edwards AFB. This by itself wouldn’t mean much, but this particular airplane had just written history. Piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, the ...

On December 23, 1986, an airplane landed at Edwards AFB. This by itself wouldn’t mean much, but this particular airplane had just written history. Piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, the ...

Dick Rutan, 85, died Friday, May 3 at a hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. In December 1986, Rutan and Jeana Yeager became the first pilots to fly nonstop around the world without refueling.

A decorated Vietnam War pilot, Dick Rutan died Friday evening at a hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, with Burt and other loved ones by his side. He was 85. His friend Bill Whittle said he died ...

In 1997 at the Experimental Aircraft Association Convention, Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur, spoke publicly of Ray's contributions to the advancement of general aviation ...

Founded by late billionaire and Microsoft MSFT -0.6% Corp co-founder Paul Allen and famed designer, Burt Rutan, in 2011, Stratolaunch pivoted to the hypersonics test-launch business in 2020 after ...

Not many aircraft can claim to be truly one of a kind, but the NASA AD-1 is undoubtedly one of them. No other piloted plane has ever been built with a wing that could turn to a lopsided 20 to 2 ...

The design was by aviation legend Burt Rutan, known for his bold and often maverick creations. Just over 38 feet long, the single-seat aircraft sat comically low to the ground – due to a short ...