Scaled Composites recently took the wraps off its Model 367 BiPod, a hybrid gasoline-electric roadable aircraft designed by the company’s legendary founder Burt Rutan before he retired in April. The ...

Burt Rutan is building a new amphibious aircraft, the SkiGull, designed for versatile landings on water, snow, and rough terrain. The SkiGull is a two-seat, composite aircraft with foldable wings, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Renowned aerospace designer and leading architect of private space travel, Burt Rutan, has announced that he plans to retire next year. Rutan is the founder of the imaginative aerospace research firm, ...

Washington D.C., April 15, 2008 — The National Space Society (NSS) announced today that famed aircraft and spacecraft designer Burt Rutan will receive the Heinlein award for lifetime achievement in ...

MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Burt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing tips started dragging along the ground as it taxied down the runway. He grabbed the ...

Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif., announced Nov. 3 that the company’s founder and chief technical officer, Burt Rutan, will retire in April. Following his retirement, Rutan will assume the title of ...

- 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 ...