biography
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Rutan, Burt
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popular name of Elbert L Rutan
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1943– )
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| biography:
| Aircraft designer, born in Portland, Oregon, USA. In 1975 he founded the Rutan Aircraft Factory and designed over a hundred aircraft including the Voyager, the first plane to navigate the world without refuelling (1986). He served as a consultant to Beech Aircraft (1985–8) and continued designing experimental planes in Mojave, CA. |
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