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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Rutan Voyager
		Voyager was built in Mojave, California, at Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites facility, over a period of 5 years.
		The "Voyager" aircraft was the first to fly around the world without stopping or refueling.
		Voyager was built in Mojave, California, over a period of 5 years.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rutan-Voyager (788 words)

	Voyager - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Voyager
		Voyager 2 was launched earlier, on 20 August 1977, on a slower trajectory that took it past Jupiter in July 1979, Saturn in August 1981, Uranus in January 1986, and Neptune in August 1989.
		Like the Pioneer probes, the Voyagers are on their way out of the Solar System; by March 2001, Voyager 1 had travelled 13.8 billion km/8.6 billion mi from Earth, and Voyager 2 had covered 13 billion km/8 billion mi.
		Voyager 2 was not intended to visit Uranus and Neptune, but scientists were able to reprogram its computer to take it past those planets.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Voyager (397 words)

	Talk:Scaled Composites Voyager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		I heard that the pilots were no longer on speaking terms by the end of the voyage around the world.
		Scaled certainly had the resources to construct Voyager, but the agreement between Dick and Burt was that Burt would design it, and Dick and Jeana would build it.
		Voyager Aircraft was at Mojave before Scaled Composites.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Voyager_%28airplane%29 (295 words)

	Voyager - Science - Planetary Voyage - Neptune - Magnetic Environment
		Voyager's first indication of the Neptunian magnetic field was the detection of periodic radio emissions from the planet.
		Voyager's planetary radio astronomy instrument measured these periodic radio waves, and determined that the rotation rate of the interior of Neptune is 16 hours, 7 minutes.
		Voyager detected auroras, similar to the northern and southern lights on Earth, in Neptune's atmosphere.
	voyager.jpl.nasa.gov /science/neptune_magnetic.html (682 words)

	UI's Don Gurnett Says Voyager 1 Is Approaching Edge Of Solar System
		Voyager 1, launched Sept. 5, 1977, completed fly-bys of both Jupiter and Saturn and currently is escaping the solar system at a speed of about 3.6 AU per year.
		A sister spacecraft, Voyager 2 was launched Aug. 20, 1977, on a flight path that took it to encounters with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
		At present Voyager 2 is about 72 AU from the sun and traveling at about 3.3 AU per year.
	www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2003/december/120803gurnett.html (748 words)

	Flying Magazine - The Next Last Great Milestone
		Twin booms—incorporated, as on Voyager, to shift outboard the portion of the fuel that could not be contained within the wing, thereby reducing bending stresses in the spar—ended with inward-canted fins whose tips were joined by a horizontal stabilizer placed above the engine’s exhaust.
		Largely automated (unlike that of Voyager, which included a maze of spigots and plastic hoses in the cabin and at one point had to be re-plumbed in flight), it incorporates 13 tanks with a dozen filling points; the 13th tank is the central “header” from which the engine draws fuel.
		The airplane’s many noses had been adorned with paintings of a flying woman, presumably a virgin although she didn’t look much like one, whose red wrap appeared to be unwrapping apace.
	www.flyingmag.com /article.asp?print_page=y§ion_id=12&article_id=395&page_number=1&preview= (1489 words)

	MacDirectory Reviews "Artmatic Voyager 1.0" (Mac)
		ArtMatic Voyager generates stunning terrains that are detailed, rugged, and very realistic, particularly in terms of their mix of granular, granite, and icy textures.
		Voyager generates the elevation points and texture maps for landscapes using fractal systems imported from its recently updated sister application, ArtMatic Pro 3.5 ($299 bundled with Voyager).
		Voyager tweens a rendered animation between keyframes, but we would like to also have the option of instantly transporting the camera from one viewpoint to another in order to render multiple animation sequences to a single QuickTime¨ movie.
	www.macdirectory.com /newmd/mac/pages/REVIEWS/ArtMatic/index.html (843 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org \| Aircraft Museum - Rutan Voyager
		Although the damaged tips resulted in greater drag, Voyager was maneuvered by ground personnel into regions of higher tail winds to compensate for the loss of performance.
		Thanks to the winds of Typhoon Marge, the Voyager reached a top speed of 150 mph (240 km/h) and an average speed of 115 mph (185 km/h) during its journey.
		Nonetheless, the Voyager continued on to Edwards Air Force Base were it made a triumphant return on 23 December 1986 concluding a journey that lasted 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /aircraft/research/voyager/index.shtml (566 words)

	Voyager - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		VOYAGER [Voyager] the first airplane to circumnavigate the earth nonstop on a single load of fuel.
		Voyager Entertainment International, Inc. Announces Corporate Governance Measurers.
		Voyager Entertainment International, Inc. and The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Discontinue Negotiations for the Observation Wheel to be Located at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/V/Voyager.asp (293 words)

	Rutan Voyager
		Voyager was the result of six years of design, construction, and development by a talented team of individuals.
		It had eight storage tanks on each side of the airplane and a fuel tank in the center, for a total of 17 tanks.
		Voyager was equipped with Hartzell constant-speed, variable-pitch aluminum propellers that proved to be a critical factor in stretching the aircraft's range enough to bring it home.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/rutanvoy.htm (1073 words)

	Voyager 1 Approaching Edge Of Solar System: UI Physicist
		A University of Iowa space physicist says that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft - the most distant manmade object at some 90 astronomical units (AU) or 8.4 billion miles from the sun - has provided a new estimate of the distance to the heliopause, the boundary between the sun's relentless solar wind and interstellar space.
		NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is about to make history again as the first spacecraft to enter the solar system's final frontier, a vast expanse where wind from the Sun blows hot against thin gas between the stars: interstellar space.
		However, before it reaches this region, Voyager 1 must pass through the termination shock, a violent zone that is the source of beams of high-energy particles.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/voyager1-03c.html (789 words)

	The Visiting Nurse Association Air Show presents "Legend of Flight" Dick Rutan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		She was fueled for hours and on December 14, 1986, Voyager took off on what would become The World's Longest Flight.
		Voyager's flight was the first-ever, non-stop, unrefueled flight around the world.
		The Voyager Aircraft is on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
	www.stuartairshow.com /rutan.html (751 words)

	Scaled Composites-Rutan Voyager
		Today, the Voyager aircraft is displayed in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The centerpiece of the Voyager Exhibit in the EAA AirVenture Museum at Oshkosh is a full-scale replica of the Voyager’s fuselage and cockpit/cabin.
		Voyager’s official average speed during the around-the-world flight was 116 mph.
		Voyager’s flight was a stunning triumph, accomplished by Rutan’s project team, a host of volunteers, many small private contributions, and no government sponsorship.
	museum.eaa.org /collection/aircraft/Scaled%20Composites-Rutan%20Voyager.asp (443 words)

	Sentinel
		By heritage the "Sentinel" was an extremely tough airplane, capable of a merciless beating, and it was often asked to do jobs that in many instances were almost impossible.
		On occasion it was used as a front-line transport to ferry "top brass" to active battle-line areas, but it was generally used for important liaison and for artillery-spotting; it was often used as a camera-ship, and it also racked up an enviable record as a flying-ambulance.
		Although a derivative of the earlier "Voyager," the early "Sentinel" was an entirely rearranged airplane especially designed for military use.
	members.shaw.ca /flightlines/smg_sentinel.htm (1109 words)

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		Both airplanes were originally built as Model 10A Voyagers and modified to model 108 standard.
		On June 16, 1943 the airplane was purchased by the Defense Plant Corporation.
		The fuselage is being destroyed and salvaged as scrap." On Oct 22, 1946 the CAA officially struck the airplane from the register.
	personalpages.tdstelme.net /~westin/avtext/stn-prt.txt (1336 words)

	TV ACRES: Submarines > Voyager (Fantastic Voyage)
		The Voyager had a bubble canopy on top of the ship to provide a 360 degree view and a forward observation deck to see what was up ahead.
		The United States spacecraft Voyager 1 flew by the planet Saturn in November 1980 and transmitted photographs back to Earth through 1 billion miles of space.
		Due to damage to its memory banks, the aliens interpreted Voyager name as "V'Ger." The first airplane to circumnavigate the earth nonstop on a single load of rule was also named Voyager.
	www.tvacres.com /subs_voyager.htm (473 words)

	Rutan Aircraft Designs
		Designed for maximum fuel efficiency, the twin-engine Voyager was completely constructed from composite materials, including an airframe weighing only 939 pounds (426 kilograms) and a main wing so bendable that the tip flexed three to five feet (0.9 to 1.5 meters) while in flight.
		Often described as a “flying fuel tank,” the Voyager was outfitted with 17 fuel tanks that carried 7,011 pounds (3,180 kilograms) of fuel—more than 72 percent of its gross weight—at takeoff.
		The Voyager is now on permanent display in the main gallery of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., alongside such other famous aircraft as the Wright Flyer and Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/GENERAL_AVIATION/rutan/GA15.htm (1156 words)

	Voyager 1 encounters the edge of the Solar System, according to Bell Labs space physicist and other scientists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		More than eight billion miles from Earth, the farthest an operating spacecraft has ever journeyed, Voyager 1 is providing scientists with data from a fascinating yet little understood region of space — the frontier where the Sun's influence begins to wane, and the tenuous vastness of interstellar space takes over.
		This is a region where the speed of the solar wind drops dramatically as the wind brakes as it mixes with the interstellar medium, and where the density of ionized particles increases many times.
		The Voyager probes, among NASA's most successful spacecraft, are expected to provide data until approximately 2020, when they will exhaust their power supply from nuclear isotopes and drift off into space.
	www.lucent.com /press/1103/031105.bla.html (966 words)

	Global Flyer First Flight - Steve Fossett and Sir Richard Branson
		The airplane's cockpit is 7.7 feet long, pressurized, and long enough for the pilot to lie down and to store food, water, and personal gear.
		The similarities between Voyager and GlobalFlyer end with their common trimaran shape: a long wing with a stubby cockpit fuselage flanked by long booms with twin tails.
		In addition to having a two-person crew, Voyager was piston-powered with propellers mounted in front of and behind the cockpit.
	www.califcity.com /first_flight.html (998 words)

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		Thirty years ago one light, single piston engine, general aviation aircraft, a Stinson model 108 Voyager, was equipped with such explosive devices as part of an apparatus to lower a disabled airplane inflight, including the pilot and passengers, safely to the ground.
		When the pilot decided his airplane was disabled he (or she) would pull a handle inside the cockpit which activated the explosive devices which would remove pins holding the wings on.
		With all occupants still in the airplane (gives new meaning to the recommendation "keep your seat belt fastened at all times!"), the wingless fuselage would float down under the parachute to a safe landing.
	personalpages.tdstelme.net /~westin/avtext/stn-ewb.txt (925 words)

	Stinson Voyager Airplane Improved for 1947 Ad 1947
		Description: Stinson Voyager Airplane Improved for 1947 Ad 1947 This is a 1947 advertisement It is a nice color ad from Stinson Division, Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation of Wayne, Michigan.
		Ad shows the Stinson Voyager just lifting off at the airport and it reads, Announcing the great new Stinson Voyager, the proved plane - improved for '47.Also shows an interior by Henry Dreyfuss.
		Photo is taken through plastic and may show wrinkles or crookedness that is not in the ad.
	www.antiqnet.com /detail,stinson-voyager-airplane,561729.html (144 words)

	Scaled Composites: Voyager
		The Voyager aircraft was designed and fabricated for a single mission: Fly around the world non-stop non-refueled.
		The result was an airplane with a structural weight/gross weight fraction of only 9%; significantly lower than any existing man-rated airplane.
		This was key to the Voyager's success, because the amount of fuel carried, in relation to the vehicle's takeoff weight, had the strongest influence on range.
	www.scaled.com /projects/voyager.html (322 words)

	Voyager (airplane) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It was by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager who took off from Edwards Air Force Base 's 15 000 foot (4570 m) runway the Mojave Desert on December 14 1986.
		The aircraft was first dreamed up by and his brother Burt Rutan as they were at lunch in 1981.
		Voyager, the World Flight: The Official Log, Flight Analysis and Narrative Explanation of the Record Around the World Flight of the Voyager Aircraft
	www.freeglossary.com /Voyager_(airplane) (681 words)

	Lesson 22b--Airplane Flight
		If on the other hand we prefer to use the airplane as our frame of reference, then the air is what moves, blowing in the opposite direction to the flight and flowing around the wings and the aircraft.
		Another force on the wing and on the airplanes is the drag--that is the name given to the air resistance, and it also grows like the square of the velocity.
		The faster the airplane flies, the smaller is the part that pulls and the greater the part that resists and must be overcome.
	www.phy6.org /stargaze/Lflight.htm (1559 words)

	Independence Avenue Lobby/Rutan Voyager
		Lightning, rain, a rainbow, and an assortment of cloud formations rise toward a rocket airplane.
		Finally, at the top of the vertical segment, there is a depiction of the aurora borealis, and the stars of space.
		The border at the bottom of the mural is decorated with a variety of weather map symbols.
	www.nasm.si.edu /galleries/gal108/gal108.html (362 words)

	Airplane Flight: How High? How Fast?
		That was done for the U-2, a light-weight airplane with a very long and efficient wing, but such a design would not work on the scale of an airliner.
		The practical solution is to increase the angle of attack during landings, and to temporarily increase the size of the wing.
		The take-off weight of "Voyager" was 9700 pounds, and to lift such a heavy airplane, it used two engines--one pushing and one pulling--to reach the required airspeed of 138 mph.
	www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov /stargaze/Sflight2.htm (1474 words)

	No. 218: The Flight of Voyager
		Dick Rutan's brother Burt, an airplane designer and builder, thought he could beat that equation with modern materials and an outrageous design.
		Eighty percent of the weight of the loaded airplane was gasoline.
		Working without government or corporate support, they proved the feasibility of flying an airplane made so completely of new composite materials that it could almost have fooled a metal detector.
	www.uh.edu /admin/engines/epi218.htm (451 words)

	Airplanes - Fast remote control race cars, airplanes boats. RC remote control trucks
		JR's electric helicopter the Voyager E is designed to offer flight performance not normally associated with electric helicopter flight.
		Learning to fly a radio control airplane is one of the most exciting and rewarding challenges you can undertake.
		Venture CP It's common knowledge: beginner helis are supposed to be stripped down machines capable of nothing more than teaching you the basics and to be promptly discarded once you've mastered them.
	www.rc-cars-4-u.com /airplanes.html (588 words)

	EI > DVD > Star Trek: Voyager Season Two (1995)
		Voyager is presented in its original 4:3 full screen aspect ratio and is truly amazing.
		Voyager Time Capsule focuses on Tuvok (played by Tim Russ) that runs about 13 minutes.
		Saboteur Extraordinaire: Seska is a similar character exploration of the villain (7 minutes), and A Day in the Life of Ethan Phillips (also 7 minutes) is a self-explanatory peek at the behind-the-scenes life of an actor in the Star Trek franchise.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /click/author-9241/reviews.php?rid=1338536&cats=1%2C+2%2C+3%2C+4%2C+5%2C+7%2C+8%2C+29%2C+12%2C+13%2C+14%2C+16%2C+17%2C+18%2C+19%2C+20%2C+21%2C+22%2C+24%2C+23%2C+26%2C+27&genreid=&switches=&letter=&sortby=&page=2 (476 words)

	AllRefer.com - Voyager, airplane (Aviation, General) - Encyclopedia
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		Voyager, the first airplane to circumnavigate the earth nonstop on a single load of fuel.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/Voyager.html (199 words)

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