Voyager non-stop around-the-world flight aircraft

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The Voyager non-stop around-the-world flight aircraft is an experimental long-range airplane designed by Burt Rutan that became the first aircraft to fly around the globe without refueling in 1986.

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instanceOf experimental long-range airplane
record-setting aircraft
aircraftConfiguration canard
twin-boom
alsoKnownAs Rutan Voyager
surface form: Rutan Model 76 Voyager

Rutan Voyager
surface form: Voyager aircraft
awarded Collier Trophy
surface form: Collier Trophy (to the Voyager team)
coDesigner Dick Rutan
Jeana Yeager
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crewOnRecordFlight Dick Rutan
Jeana Yeager
currentLocation National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
surface form: National Air and Space Museum
currentLocationCity Washington, D.C.
designer Burt Rutan
designFeature extreme fuel efficiency
large fuel fraction relative to total weight
lightweight composite structure
designPurpose ultra-long-range flight
engineConfiguration twin-engine
engineType piston engines
firstFlight 1984-06-22
fuelCapacity over 7,000 pounds of fuel
landingCountryForRecordFlight United States of America
surface form: United States
landingLocationForRecordFlight Edwards Air Force Base
manufacturer Rutan Aircraft Factory
notableFlight first non-stop unrefueled flight around the world
notableFlightDuration 9 days 3 minutes
notableFlightEndDate 1986-12-23
notableFlightStartDate 1986-12-14
operatorOnRecordFlight Dick Rutan
Jeana Yeager
powerplant Teledyne Continental IOL-200 (rear engine)
Teledyne Continental O-240 (front engine)
primaryConstructionMaterial composite materials
record first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without refueling
recordDate 1986
registrationOnRecordFlight N269VA
roleOfDickRutan pilot
roleOfJeanaYeager co-pilot
takeoffCountryForRecordFlight United States of America
surface form: United States
takeoffLocationForRecordFlight Edwards Air Force Base
wingType very high-aspect-ratio wing
worldCircumnavigation completed without refueling
worldCircumnavigationDistance approximately 26,366 statute miles
approximately 42,432 kilometers
yearOfCollierTrophy 1986

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Burt Rutan notableWork Voyager non-stop around-the-world flight aircraft