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Pilot Dick Rutan, First to Fly Around Earth Without Refueling, Dies at 85
Rutan reportedly died when he chose not to spend a second night on supplemental oxygen after contracting a lung infection. Loved ones and family members, including his brother Burt, were by his side.
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Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, had died at age 85
“Dick never doubted whether my design would actually make it around, with still some gas in the tank,” Burt Rutan said. Voyager left from Edwards Air Force Base in California just after 8 a.m ...