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| Burt Rutan | |
 (Photo: Wirral Rocketry Society)
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| Born | June 17, 1943 Estacada, Oregon, United States  |
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| Occupation | aerospace engineer |
| Spouse | Tonya Rutan |
Elbert Leander Burt Rutan (born June 17, 1943 in Estacada, Oregon) is an American aerospace engineer noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, energy-efficient aircraft. He is most famous for his design of the record-breaking Voyager, which was the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and the suborbital rocket plane SpaceShipOne, which won the Ansari X-Prize in 2004 for becoming the first privately funded spacecraft to enter the realm of space twice within a two week period.
