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On December 23, 1986 the unique Voyager aircraft completed the first nonstop, non-refueled circumnavigation of the globe. Voyager's designer, Burt Rutan, its pilots for the nine-day historic flight, Richard "Dick" Rutan and Jeana Yeager, as well as crew chief Bruce Evans, were all to win the Collier Trophy for their accomplishment of one of aviation's last "firsts."

Identifier

NASM.2000.0054

Creator

Riva, Peter

Date

1986-1987

Provenance

Peter Riva, Gift, 2000, 2000-0054, unknown

Extent

9.89 Cubic feet ((1 letter document box) (8 records center boxes) (2 shoeboxes) (1 flatbox))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the records kept by project manager Peter Riva and includes legal files, general office files, audio tapes, videotapes, newspaper and magazine accounts of the flight and transcripts of the account that would become the book, Voyager by Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan with Phil Patton, published by Knopf in 1987.

Rights

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Restrictions

See accession file.

Topics

Rutan Model 76 Voyager
Aeronautics -- Records
Endurance flights
Aeronautics -- Flights
Aeronautics -- Awards
Aeronautics

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Transcripts
Clippings
Videotapes
Audiotapes
Business records
Legal documents