Legendary designer Burt Rutan has begun testing his final aircraft design, the amphibious SkiGull, which encountered pitch angle issues during initial water trials that he plans to modify. The SkiGull ...

For those who may not know his story, Burt Rutan is widely regarded as one of the most important, if not the most important, ...

Burt Rutan’s list of airplanes designed and flown (45), of honorary Doctoral Degrees (6!), of national and international awards (112), of patents held (7), and of design projects related to aviation ...

The last aircraft designed by Burt Rutan, founder and CTO of Scaled Composites, Mojave, Calif., appears to be the Bipod, a hybrid gas-electric plane that can also be driven on roads and highways like ...

Washington D.C., April 15, 2008 — The National Space Society (NSS) announced today that famed aircraft and spacecraft designer Burt Rutan will receive the Heinlein award for lifetime achievement in ...

Rutan achieved the milestone with Jeana Yeager when they departed Edwards Air Force Base flying for 9 days in a specially constructed aircraft designed by his brother Burt Rutan. Richard 'Dick' Rutan ...