Kamis, 24 Agustus 2017

Aviation History Book Review: Burt Rutan’s Race to Space

Burt Rutan’s Race to Space: The Magician of Mojave and His Flying Innovations by Dan Linehan, Zenith Press, Minneapolis, Minn., 2011, $30 With his ruggedly fit frame, signature sideburns and perennial blue-jeans, Burt Rutan looks more like the Marlboro Man than a world-class scientific genius. Still, as Dan Linehan writes in this colorful coffee-table volume, …

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