{"id":11660,"date":"2015-07-09T09:02:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T13:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hartzellprop.com\/?p=11660"},"modified":"2017-05-04T12:39:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T16:39:44","slug":"hartzell-history-rutan-voyager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hartzellprop.com\/hartzell-history-rutan-voyager\/","title":{"rendered":"Hartzell History: The Rutan Voyager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\">The Rutan Voyager began its historic flight on December 14, 1986. It took a runway nearly three miles long to launch the aircraft from Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert. Voyager flew non-stop for over three days. It rounded the world without stopping to refuel and more than doubled the previous flight distance record. Over 3,500 members of the press attended the takeoff.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is a video of Voyager\u2019s historic takeoff:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jyRGNcbeS7o\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Despite downward force pressing their wingtips onto the runway, Voyager&#8217;s pilots, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager,<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> guided the plane into the air at 100kn. Burt Rutan, the world\u2019s preeminent aircraft designer, watched as his creation endured the close call and pulled skyward. It was a triumph of engineering and willpower.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We are proud to say the Rutan Voyager was able to make its round-the-world flight in-part due to a Hartzell Propeller. Voyager&#8217;s first set of propellers, made by another manufacturer, failed during an earlier flight. The Voyager team contracted Hartzell to engineer a new set of blades. This set of props powered the record-breaking flight. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rutan Voyager began its historic flight on December 14, 1986. It took a runway nearly three miles long to launch the aircraft from Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert. Voyager flew non-stop for over three days. 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