In Brief: Dick Rutan, Aviation Record Setter, Dies At 85
Dick Rutan, 85, died Friday, May 3 at a hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. In December 1986, Rutan and Jeana Yeager became the first pilots to fly nonstop around the world without refueling. The two made the flight in the Rutan Model 76 Voyager, an all-composite aircraft designed by his older brother...
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