Dick Rutan Biography

Dick Rutan aviator and adventurer made the world's longest flight in the airplane Voyager the first airplane to circumnavigate the globe without refueling. In realizing his dream with desire and determination Dick successfully completed the mission which would earn him world records international fame and a place in the Smithsonian Institute.
On the morning of December 14 1986 a fuel-laden Voyager took off on the history making flight. Nine days three minutes and 44 seconds later Dick set the storm-battered Voyager down on the dry lakebed at Edwards AFB in California successfully completing a six year quest. Four days following the historic flight of the Voyager President Ronald Reagan awarded Dick the Presidential Citizen's Medal of Honor at a special ceremony. The medal has been presented only 16 times in the history of the United States. The Voyager is now proudly suspended in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Milestones of Flight gallery in our nation's capital.
In 1995 Dick Rutan attempted to make the first ever flight around the world in a balloon in the Global Hilton having received his balloon pilot's license in 1995. After three hours into the flight the balloon's helium cell ruptured (due to a manufacturer's defect) and the attempt ended. A second capsule called World Quest was built with a new constrained helium lifting system (super pressure style). Although it held promise of success in balloon world flight the World Quest project ended when a rival team captured the milestone in March 1999.

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