The Rutan Model 61 Long-EZ is a tandem 2-seater homebuilt aircraft designed by Burt Rutan's Rutan Aircraft Factory. The Long-EZ has a canard layout, a...
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in design and construction to the 2-seat Rutan Long-EZ, from which it is derived, with approval from Burt Rutan. The Cozy Mark IV utilizes foam and fiberglass...
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The XCOR EZ-Rocket was a test platform for the XCOR XR-4A3 rocket propulsion system. The airplane was a modified Rutan Long-EZ, with the propeller replaced...
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a two-week period. With his VariEze and Long-EZ designs, which first flew in 1975 and 1979 respectively, Rutan is responsible for helping popularize both...
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in design and construction to the 2-seat Rutan Long-EZ, from which it is derived, with approval from Burt Rutan. The Cozy utilizes foam and fiberglass sandwich...
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Trophy for their achievement. In 1997, Dick Rutan and Mike Melvill flew two personally-built Rutan Long-EZ kit aircraft side-by-side around the world....
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Rate of climb: 1,600 ft/min (8.1 m/s) Related development Long-EZ Taylor 1982, pp. 564–565. "Rutan VariEze Prototype". Air venture museum. Retrieved December...
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John Denver (category CS1: long volume value)
plane, two Cessna 210 Centurion airplanes, and a 1997 amateur-built Rutan Long-EZ. On April 21, 1989, Denver was in a plane accident while taxiing down...
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F-117 Nighthawk. Winglets on the canard pusher configuration Rutan VariEze and Rutan Long-EZ, acting as both a wingtip device and a vertical stabilizer...
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aircraft selected for the flight was a heavily modified Scaled Composites Long-EZ, named Borealis. The engine consisted of four tubes producing pulse detonations...
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were sold and 20 airplanes completed. The Berkut is derived from the Rutan Long-EZ, with the primary differences being retractable main landing gear, dual...
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(Englins-language page).[] (retrieved 15 May 2014) "A unique database on Burt Rutan and his projects!". Stargazer. Online. 2006. Archived from the original...
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flight of the Rutan VariEze June 30, 1978 — First flight of the Rutan Defiant June 12, 1979 — First flight of the prototype of the Rutan Long-EZ April 3, 1980...
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available to facilitate faster construction. The aircraft is based upon the Rutan Long-EZ. It features a cantilever mid-wing canard layout with tip rudders, a...
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Pietenpol Air Camper Pitts S-1C Quicksilver MX RotorWay Scorpion Rutan Defiant Rutan Long-EZ SoloTrek XFV SpaceShipOne – replica Stearman-Hammond Y-1 Thaden...
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such light aircraft. His next two canard designs, the VariEze and Long-EZ had longer-span swept wings. These designs were not only successful and built...
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Douglas MD-80 McDonnell Douglas MD-90 Boeing 717 Rutan VariEze, replacing leading edge cuffs (1984) Rutan Long-EZ Cozy MK IV BAe 125 1000 series Hawker 800XP...
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composite materials include: Canard designs such as the VariEze and Long EZ designed by Burt Rutan The pusher propeller Cirrus VK-30 designed by Jeff Viken and...
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run: 1,500 ft (457 m) Velocity SE Freedom Aviation Phoenix Rutan Long-EZ Rutan VariEze Rutan Defiant Berkut aircraft Cozy MK IV Raptor Aircraft Raptor...
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88 lb/sq ft (92.2 kg/m2) Velocity XL Raptor Aircraft Raptor Rutan Long-EZ Rutan VariEze Rutan Defiant Berkut aircraft Cozy MK IV Velocity SE Archived 2010-07-06...
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Angeles, California in 1917. He died at age 72 when his home-built Rutan Long-EZ airplane crashed into Santa Monica Bay, near his home, during heavy...
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The Rutan Model 202 Boomerang is an aircraft designed and built by Burt Rutan, with the first prototype taking flight in 1996. The design was intended...
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flight experience.[dead link] On October 12, 1997 at about 5:28 pm a Rutan Long-EZ (tail number N555JD) being flown by musician and performer John Denver...
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aircraft, 1 built Rutan VariViggen 1972 homebuilt, about 20 built Rutan VariEze 1975 2 seat homebuilt, about 400 built Rutan Long-EZ 1979 2 seat homebuilt...
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John Roncz (section Burt Rutan)
great consequences. Roncz read that Dick Rutan, Burt's brother and collaborator, was testing the new Rutan Long-EZ, a development of the VariEze, with a...
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in drag and weight.[citation needed] On tailless pushers such as the Rutan Long-EZ, the propeller arc is very close to the ground while flying nose-high...
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Antonov An-225, Beechcraft 18, Beriev Be-12, ERCO Ercoupe, Short 330, Rutan Long-EZ and SpaceShipOne. The V-22 Osprey uses a twin tail arrangement. Cruciform...
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the F7U Cutlass or on the wing tips as on the Handley Page Manx and Rutan Long-EZ Unusual fin configurations include: No fin – as on the McDonnell Douglas...
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PA-38 Tomahawk Preceptor STOL King Robin DR.221 Dauphin Robin R3000 Rutan Long-EZ Socata Rallye 110ST Smith Miniplane Stern ST 87 Vega Storm Sea Storm...
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then EarthLink. On 20 December 1997 Gleick was attempting to land his Rutan Long-EZ experimental plane at Greenwood Lake Airport in West Milford, New Jersey...
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