Burt Rutan may have retired from his aerospace company Scaled Composites five years ago, but the 71-year-old aviation legend is far from done when it comes to working on new innovations.
The man behind prolific advancements in the field of flying — including the remarkably successful VariEze homebuilt, the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without refueling, and the revolutionary SpaceShipOne, just to name a few — is at it again, crafting a new invention within the confines of his garage.
