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    The Rutan Model 61 Long-EZ is a tandem 2-seater homebuilt aircraft designed by Burt Rutan's Rutan Aircraft Factory. The Long-EZ has a canard layout, a...
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    a two-week period. With his VariEze and Long-EZ designs, which first flew in 1975 and 1979 respectively, Rutan is responsible for helping popularize both...
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    in design and construction to the 2-seat Rutan Long-EZ, from which it is derived, with approval from Burt Rutan. The Cozy Mark IV utilizes foam and fiberglass...
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    The XCOR EZ-Rocket was a test platform for the XCOR XR-4A3 rocket propulsion system. The airplane was a modified Rutan Long-EZ, with the propeller replaced...
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    in design and construction to the 2-seat Rutan Long-EZ, from which it is derived, with approval from Burt Rutan. The Cozy utilizes foam and fiberglass sandwich...
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    Rate of climb: 1,600 ft/min (8.1 m/s) Related development Long-EZ Taylor 1982, pp. 564–565. "Rutan VariEze Prototype". Air venture museum. Retrieved December...
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    Trophy for their achievement. In 1997, Dick Rutan and Mike Melvill flew two personally-built Rutan Long-EZ kit aircraft side-by-side around the world....
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    plane, two Cessna 210 Centurion airplanes, and a 1997 amateur-built Rutan Long-EZ. On April 21, 1989, Denver was in a plane accident while taxiing down...
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    flight of the Rutan VariEze June 30, 1978 — First flight of the Rutan Defiant June 12, 1979 — First flight of the prototype of the Rutan Long-EZ April 3, 1980...
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    were sold and 20 airplanes completed. The Berkut is derived from the Rutan Long-EZ, with the primary differences being retractable main landing gear, dual...
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