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Burt Rutan's new SkiGull flies for first time

HAYDEN — During his pre-first-flight briefing Monday, Burt Rutan said the most fun one can have at an airport is to watch the first flight of a totally new airplane design.
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Idaho air race family jumps to jets

RENO, Nev. — Longtime Reno Air Races family Brian and Sherawn Reberry of Boise jumped to the Jet Class this year when they sold their unique Reberry 3M1C1R gull-wing Formula One race plane to Thom Richard of Kissimmee, Fla., and bought a Polish-built jet trainer, the PZL TS-11 “Iskra.” Purchased …
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Rutan's new amphibious SkiGull tests the water

HAYDEN — After two years evolving and building his 47th unique aircraft, SkiGull, Burt Rutan towed it to Bob Williams’ beach next to Honeysuckle on Hayden Lake Sunday for a series of water taxi tests that were conducted Sunday evening and Monday.
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Pamela Riddle Bird: Last correspondence

A dire premonition is the rest of the story
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Flying high again

STEAD, Nev. - "Fly low, fly fast, turn left" is a slogan long associated with the Reno Air Races where each year airplanes have raced wingtip to wingtip against each other around pylons for 51 years.
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