[HN Gopher] Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world fli...
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       Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, has died
        
       Author : bookofjoe
       Score  : 48 points
       Date   : 2024-05-05 17:07 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | Hnrobert42 wrote:
       | He died at age 85. He is survived by his wife of 25 years. That
       | is an admirably long marriage, and it started at age 60.
        
       | 0xfaded wrote:
       | I met Dick at the Voyager Restaurant in Mojave, and he was very
       | friendly. At the time I had a Grumman Tiger, the same model he
       | and Burt once owned. He made small talk about his fond memories
       | of the plane, but honestly I was just a little too star struck.
       | It was surreal talking to someone who had done so much being
       | driven by an incredible passion for aviation.
        
       | eichin wrote:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40261408 (different article,
       | same subject, 18h ago and has some interesting stories.)
        
       | ProAm wrote:
       | Legendary family in aerospace.
        
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