{"id":28558,"date":"2024-05-06T16:15:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T16:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=28558"},"modified":"2024-05-06T16:15:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T16:15:44","slug":"nbaa-honors-the-legacy-of-legendary-round-the-world-aviator-dick-rutan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/nbaa-honors-the-legacy-of-legendary-round-the-world-aviator-dick-rutan\/%20","title":{"rendered":"NBAA Honors the Legacy of Legendary Round-the-World Aviator Dick Rutan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) marked the\npassing of acclaimed pilot and aviation pioneer Dick Rutan. \u201cWe join with our\nglobal aviation community in mourning the loss of a true aviation trailblazer,\u201d\nsaid NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. \u201cDick Rutan was a legend who will be\nprofoundly missed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December 1986, Rutan and Jeana Yeager became the first\npilots to fly nonstop around the world without refueling. They accomplished\nthis flight in the Rutan Model 76 Voyager, an advanced, all-composite aircraft\ndesigned by Rutan\u2019s brother, Burt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following year, NBAA honored Yeager and Rutan with the\nassociation\u2019s prestigious Meritorious Service to Aviation award. The global\ncircumnavigation also earned the duo, along with Burt Rutan and the Voyager\nteam, the 1986 Collier Trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7226-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28560\" width=\"235\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7226-edit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7226-edit-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><figcaption><em>Dick Rutan, left, with Ronnie Mitchell,  Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics in 2015. SAJ photo by Kim Stevens, taken at EAA AirVenture in 2015.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutan also was a decorated U.S. Air Force veteran,\nperforming 325 combat missions over Vietnam as a \u201cFastFAC\u201d forward air\ncontroller in the F-100 Super Sabre. For his service, Rutan was awarded the\nSilver Star, the Purple Heart, the Air Medal with three silver oak leaf\nclusters and two Distinguished Flying Crosses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He retired from the Air Force in 1978 with the rank of\nlieutenant colonel. In civilian life, Rutan was a 1992 congressional candidate\nfrom California, and he often served as a record-setting test pilot for his\nbrother\u2019s latest aircraft designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutan died Friday, May 3, at the age of 85.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) marked the passing of acclaimed pilot and aviation pioneer Dick Rutan. \u201cWe join with our global aviation community in mourning the loss of a true aviation trailblazer,\u201d said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. \u201cDick Rutan was a legend who will be profoundly missed.\u201d In December 1986, Rutan and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7215-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28561,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28558\/revisions\/28561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}