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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

aircraft selected for the flight was a heavily modified Scaled Composites Long-EZ, named Borealis. The engine consisted of four tubes producing pulse detonations...

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...

(Englins-language page).[] (retrieved 15 May 2014) "A unique database on Burt Rutan and his projects!". Stargazer. Online. 2006. Archived from the original...

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...

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...

Pietenpol Air Camper Pitts S-1C Quicksilver MX RotorWay Scorpion Rutan Defiant Rutan Long-EZ SoloTrek XFV SpaceShipOne – replica Stearman-Hammond Y-1 Thaden...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...