If you've always wanted to build a Burt Rutan designed aircraft, it's about to get a lot easier. From the VariViggen to SpaceShipTwo, most of the most important designs to fly over Mojave during the ...

Burt Rutan designed a new amphibious aircraft, the SkiGull, capable of landing on snow, water, and land. The SkiGull is constructed from composites or titanium for durability in harsh environments and ...

Fame in the aerospace industry has been typically reserved for the people who pilot flying machines — Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Chuck Yeager, Neil Armstrong. Not so much for the people who ...

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 ...

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 miles in ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - Thousands of planes are arriving in Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture, and some will have a little extra flair. AirVenture workers are proud to have Burt Rutan aircraft for visitors to ...

In this conservative economic environment, where most entrepreneurs are hunkering down and playing it safe, aviation legend Burt Rutan is shooting for the stars–literally. Rutan is the genius behind ...

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 ...

Burt Rutan, former Design News Engineer of the Year and winner of the Ansari X-Prize for his SpaceShipOne rocket plane, will be the keynote speaker at the SolidWorks 2005 User Conference, which kicks ...

- But without the syphilitic insanity, of course. I read about this today : the Scaled Composites "Bipod" : http://www.scaled.com/projects/bipod Seems Burt had turned ...

Above 100,000 feet, the air is so thin that wings become useless and aerodynamics stop mattering. Climbing higher takes sheer propulsion — propulsion that air-breathing jet engines can’t deliver in ...