Dick Rutan - Records

Records

Besides the records Rutan set while flying Voyager, he has also set a number in his personal LongEze, including:

  • FAI class C1b distance over a closed course of 7,725.3 km at Mojave on December 15, 1979.
  • FAI class C1b distance of 7,344.56 km from Anchorage, Alaska to Grand Turk Island on June 5, 1981.

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