Mojave, July 24, 2001: XCOR Aerospace today announced that it has begun flight tests of a manned rocket aircraft, the EZ-Rocket. The first successful flight test was performed on July 21 at Mojave ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Rutan 61 Long EZ The Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition version of this quirky aircraft features six ...

While Boeing’s Dreamliner can’t seem to stop blowing batteries, there’s a new breed of light aircraft emerging that hope to use them rather than jet fuel. This e-plane, dubbed the Long-EZ, aims to be ...

If you’ve been traveling on Highway 101, you’ve no doubt passed the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos and probably saw the little white plane perched on its roof. It’s a Rutan Long-EZ aircraft, the ...

On December 23, 1986, an airplane landed at Edwards AFB. This by itself wouldn’t mean much, but this particular airplane had just written history. Piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, the Rutan ...

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft / Series A: Aircraft / Aircraft R / Rutan Aircraft Factory (RAF) (Mojave, CA) The majority of the Archives Department's public ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Homebuilt aircraft enthusiasts stayed loyal to the experimental plane that John Denver flew to his death despite a string of accidents over recent years. Long EZ aircraft such as ...

On December 23, 1986, an airplane landed at Edwards AFB. This by itself wouldn’t mean much, but this particular airplane had just written history. Piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, the Rutan ...

New ideas are powerful things, even when they are wrong. Aviation legend Dick Rutan is not criticising his younger brother when he says the aerodynamic ideas of the now-retired founder of Scaled ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Burt Rutan invigorated the homebuilt aircraft movement when he began selling the plans to build his VariEze ('very ...

If you’ve been traveling on Highway 101, you’ve no doubt passed the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos and probably saw the little white plane perched on its roof. It’s a Rutan Long-EZ aircraft, the ...