Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, and the Flight of the Voyager
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| Audience/Grade: | High School Freshman - High School Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Aerospace Engineering Materials Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: | Document |
| Author(s): | US Centennial of Flight Commission |
| Description: | "Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager embody the very spirit and character of the word "pioneers." In December 1986, they became the first people to circumnavigate the world, nonstop, without refueling their plane, the Voyager. They also set world flight records in the process. Besides being the first team to travel nonstop around the globe--which was one of aviation's last record barriers--Rutan and Yeager also endured the longest flight to that date, and almost doubled the then current distance flight record. But their contributions did not stop there. They also explored the limits of human endurance and mental fatigue during their journey. To many, Rutan and Yeager's flight represented the triumph of human ingenuity as the two aviators overcame a wide range of aerodynamic, financial, physical, and psychological challenges." |
| Rating: | No Rating |
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| Publication Date: | November 2007 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.centennialofflight... |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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