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Dick Rutan

American aviator, test pilot, and recipient of the Purple Heart medal

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born: 1938
died: 2024
age at death: 85
known for: air force officer, military aviator, fighter pilot

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Richard Glenn Rutan was an American military aviator and officer, as well as a record-breaking test pilot who in 1986 piloted the Voyager aircraft on the first non-stop, non-refueled around-the-world flight with co-pilot Jeana Yeager. He was the older brother of famed aerospace designer Burt Rutan, whose many earlier original designs Dick piloted on class record-breaking flights, including Voyager.

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