First flight for Rutan’s SkiGull
NOVEMBER 25, 2015 BY GENERAL AVIATION NEWS STAFF (http://generalaviationnews.com/author/ganstaff/)
Popular Science is reporting (http://www.popsci.com/legendary-plane-designer-burt-rutan-tests-seaplane) that Burt Rutan’s latest design, the SkiGull, had its first flight recently. Rutan’s 47th aircraft design, the seaplane’s first flight lasted about two hours.
(https://www.eaglersnest.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3ukr694671p02fhcme3a1bsaiek.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F11%2FMike-Kincaid-SkiGull.jpg&hash=a5a3ec08d0ecba3bada93678a3b64b9a7437a813) (http://3ukr694671p02fhcme3a1bsaiek.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Mike-Kincaid-SkiGull.jpg)
Photo by Mike Kincaid
P.S.
Note variation on Wittman wing tips