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From: rl@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Robert Langridge%CGL)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Rutan's Voyager
Message-ID: <395@ucsfcgl.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 25-Nov-84 21:20:57 EST
Article-I.D.: ucsfcgl.395
Posted: Sun Nov 25 21:20:57 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 27-Nov-84 03:48:43 EST
Reply-To: rl@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Robert Langridge)
Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
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Summary: Voyager progress report 

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Herewith a summary of a report in the Nov 1984 EAA "Sport Aviation" on
the progress of Burt Rutan's extraordinary design for a non-stop
unrefuelled round-the-world flight, the "Voyager", to be flown by
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager.

On Sept 14 "Voyager" made a 3 hr. flight with 561 galls of fuel.
T/O wt 5100 lbs (60% fuel); lift-off in 2000 ft at density
altitude of 4400 ft.  For the first time each of the 15 tanks were
used.

Exhaustive systems checks will follow, which will almost incidentally
involve an attempt at the existing closed circuit distance record by 
cruising up and down the California coast between designated turn points.

Next, a straight-line distance record attempt from Puerto Rico to Perth,
Australia, hopefully in early 1985.

"Sport Aviation" also mentions that a Voyager Society has been set up
by Rutan and Yeager as a non-profit,  tax-exempt foundation to accept 
donations to support the round-the world attempt.  
Write Voyager Society, Hangar 77, Airport, Mojave, CA  93501.

Bob Langridge 
Computer Graphics Laboratory,
University of California,
San Francisco,
CA  94143

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