Example sentences for: rutan

How can you use “rutan” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 9, the Global Hilton balloon burst a helium tank 70 minutes after takeoff, and Dick Rutan and his co-pilot were forced to bail out at 11,000 feet.

  • Balloon experts give Branson, Piccard, or Rutan decent odds to complete the circumnavigation, eventually: All three have pressurized gondolas that allow them to travel fast through the high jet stream.

  • Rutan, you may remember, is one of the true adventurers of the age: In 1986, he piloted the Voyager airplane on its astonishing nonstop, around-the-world journey.

  • Rutan was a Vietnam fighter jock and test pilot.

  • A few days before Rutan's crash, commodities trader Steve Fossett gave up his effort when his balloon ran out of fuel over Russia.


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