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  • EZ-Rocket flight sets speed/distance record

    12/04/2005 7:31:14 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 9 replies · 791+ views
    Valley Press on ^ | Sunday, December 4, 2005. | ALLISON GATLIN
    MOJAVE - Calling it "the shortest long-distance flight in history," aviator Dick Rutan entered the record books again Saturday, this time for a rocket plane flight from Mojave to California City. Rutan - who already holds numerous distance and speed records, including the non-stop, round-the world Voyager flight 19 years ago - piloted XCOR Aerospace's EZ-Rocket. Rutan also was the first to test the aircraft when the rocket engine demonstrator debuted in 2001. The world's first privately built, rocket-powered aircraft, the EZ-Rocket is a Long-EZ kit plane modified with twin 400-pound thrust rocket engines instead of the usual engine and...