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tions for us little ‘homebuilders’ from Mojave,” Rutan said.
On Dec. 23, 1986, at 7:32 a.m. Voy- ager entered the edge of the restricted airspace and saw the dry lake where they would be landing. They flew over the thousands of people who came to witness the landing, making several circuits in the sky with chase planes before landing at 8:05 a.m.
The impressive round the world flight marked the 69th flight of Voyager and led Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager
into aviation history forever. The abso- lute world distance records set during that flight remain unchallenged today. The flight was sanctioned by FAI (Fé- dération Aéronautique Internationale).
Four days after landing, President Ronald Reagan presented the Voyager crew and its designer with the Presi- dential Citizenship Medal — awarded only 16 times previously in history.
For their record-breaking flight, the pilots, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, the designer, Burt Rutan, and the crew
chief, Bruce Evans, earned the Collier Trophy in 1986, aviation’s most pres- tigious award.
The Voyager aircraft is now on per-
manent display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Whenever he is in Washington, Dick
will visit the aircraft in the museum, stand under it and say to himself, “I built that SOB, and I flew it around the world.”
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager celebrate their round-the-world flight after landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Courtesy photograph The Voyager aircraft is now on permanent display at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Courtesy photograph
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