Rutan Aircraft Factory
| Rutan Aircraft Factory, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1974 |
| resolution | unknown |
| Seat | Mojave , California |
| Branch | Aircraft construction |
The Rutan Aircraft Factory (RAF) was a company founded in 1974 by aeronautical engineer Burt Rutan . His first aircraft, the VariViggen , had its maiden flight back in 1972 . With the company, Rutan wanted to advance the development of the VariViggen on the one hand, and enable the construction of new aircraft on the other. Around 600 construction plans for the VariViggen alone were sold by 1977 for self-construction.
One of the company's greatest successes was the construction of the Voyager, the first propeller-driven aircraft that circled the world in 1986 without refueling .
In 1982 Rutan founded Scaled Composites . The Rutan Aircraft Factory still existed several years later. After the sales stop of the aircraft plans, it was to provide support for a limited time in the construction of the aircraft that had been started. Most recently, the company was only run by volunteers. From 2008 the company's homepage was no longer accessible.
developments
- Model 27 VariViggen (1972)
- Model 31 VariEze (1975)
- Model 32 VariViggen SP (1973)
- Model 33 VariEze (1975)
- Model 35 AD-1 (1979)
- Model 40/74 Defiant (1978)
- Model 54 Quickie (1978)
- Model 61 Long-EZ (1979)
- Model 68 AMSOIL Racer (1981)
- Model 73 NGT , 3/5 model of the Fairchild T-46 training aircraft (1981)
- Model 76 Voyager (1984)
- Model 77 Solitaire (1982)
Values in brackets refer to the year of the first flight.
See also
Web links
- rutanaircraft.com: Homepage of the company ( Memento from August 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- aviastar.org: Rutan / Scaled Composites Aircraft (English)
- YouTube: Rutan Aircraft Factory (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Dan Linehan: SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History . 1st edition. Zenith Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7603-3188-0 , pp. 15 (English).
- ↑ Rutan. Aerofiles, accessed December 24, 2011 .
- ↑ About Rutan Aircraft Factory, Inc. Rutan Aircraft Factory, Inc., 2003, archived from the original on August 24, 2006 ; accessed on December 24, 2011 .
- ↑ About Rutan Aircraft Factory, Inc. (most recent available memento). Internet Archive, archived from the original on May 9, 2008 ; accessed on December 24, 2011 .