Burt Rutan
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Burt Rutan is an innovative American aerospace engineer and aircraft designer renowned for pioneering unconventional composite aircraft and private spaceflight vehicles such as SpaceShipOne.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Burt Rutan canonical | 35 |
| Dick Rutan | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
aerospace engineer
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aircraft designer ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Lindbergh Award
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surface form:
Charles A. Lindbergh Award
Collier Trophy ⓘ National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1943-06-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Estacada, Oregon
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surface form:
Estacada, Oregon, United States
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| designed |
Rutan Voyager
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surface form:
Model 76 Voyager
Rutan Boomerang ⓘ Rutan Catbird ⓘ Rutan Defiant ⓘ Long-EZ aircraft ⓘ
surface form:
Rutan Long-EZ
Rutan Quickie ⓘ Rutan VariEze ⓘ Rutan Voyager ⓘ SpaceShipOne ⓘ Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer ⓘ White Knight carrier aircraft ⓘ |
| educatedAt | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ⓘ |
| employer |
Rutan Aircraft Factory
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Scaled Composites ⓘ |
| familyName |
Charles Hercules Rutan
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surface form:
Rutan
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| fieldOfWork |
aerospace engineering
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aircraft design ⓘ spaceflight ⓘ |
| founded |
Rutan Aircraft Factory
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Scaled Composites ⓘ |
| givenName | Elbert ⓘ |
| influenced |
homebuilt aircraft movement
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private spaceflight industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
GlobalFlyer
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surface form:
GlobalFlyer aircraft
Long-EZ aircraft ⓘ SpaceShipOne ⓘ VariEze aircraft ⓘ Rutan Voyager ⓘ
surface form:
Voyager aircraft
design of unconventional aircraft ⓘ private spaceflight vehicles ⓘ use of composite materials in aircraft ⓘ |
| name | Burt Rutan self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
led design team that won the Ansari X Prize with SpaceShipOne
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pioneered extensive use of composite materials in light aircraft ⓘ |
| notableWork |
SpaceShipOne
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surface form:
SpaceShipOne suborbital spaceplane
Voyager non-stop around-the-world flight aircraft ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief designer at Scaled Composites
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founder of Scaled Composites ⓘ |
| residence |
Mojave, California
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surface form:
Mojave, California, United States
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| sibling | Dick Rutan ⓘ |
| spouse | Tonya Rutan ⓘ |
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dick Rutan
subject surface form:
VariEze
subject surface form:
Long-EZ
subject surface form:
White Knight