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RAFE Christmas Presents!

Two weeks ago, RAFE Houston Canard Base Volunteers George Choquette, Scott Kearby and I went to Dallas to meet with Leon Rousch and his...

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Flying the Worlds only VariViggen to OSH Cool Story #2

Rough River I can’t to tell you how many people I talked to that week standing next to the VariViggen at OSH. It was so many by mid-week...

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Leaving OSH 2020 behind...

At this moment last year I was standing on a Oshkosh Forum stage with a cast of rock stars in the homebuilt airplane world. If you’ve not...

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Keith Welsh Quickie, Rutan Reunion Flight Aircraft on Tour! LIVE

Many thanks to Sam Hoskins, composite builder extraordinaire and purveyor of all things Quickie has developed a series of what he calls...

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No OSH this year..

Yesterday's announcement that Oshkosh was cancelled was disappointing, but not surprising. Let's not let it get us down. I'm always...

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RAFE EFD Canard base is moving!

Hard to believe but the RAFE Ellington Space Port Canard Base hangar has gotten full! An opportunity has presented itself to move into a...

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Thank you AirshowStuff for the great video

YouTube Channel "AirshowStuff" has posted a great compilations of the RAFE Rutan Reunion Showcase of Rutan designs flying in the 2019...

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Lady Vi, a rare find.

In almost the canard version of Storage Wars, Scott James and Dave Eichenberger rolled up the door of a storage unit in the small...

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2019 RAFE Annual Report

2019 RAFE Presidents Letter of Thanks and state of the Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience Report. I said it last year and from the way the...

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The First RAFE Canard Base, Sport Aviation Cover Shot and Kanab!

September has been a very busy month with some really awesome things happening for the Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience. What’s been...

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The Future of Rutan Designs Symposium at AirVenture 2019

The Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience gives forums each year at Airventure, Sun-n-Fun, and other venues. The content of the forums is...

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EZ Street

In years past rows and rows of Rutan LongEZ’s and Varieze’s seemed to dominate the flight line at the annual EAA Airshow, now called...

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A formation unlike any other over AirVenture 2019

The Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience gathered together a unique group of aircraft for AirVenture 2019. Present on Wittman field for...

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Foto Friday on EZ Street!

Our initial expectation for AirVenture 2019 was to stand by the airplanes all week and talk to people about the Rutan Aircraft Flying...

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Herding Catbirds.

Thursday of AirVenture 2019 was “Burt Rutan Day” and the flight schedule showed at 3pm “Various Rutan Types”. That was an understatement....

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RAFE Formation team flight at Airventure 2019

While many OSH campers slept Wednesday morning, a small group of RAFE Pilots and Volunteers were up at 4:30. As far as we know, the first...

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A Surprise at AirVenture 2019

Today we got to fly in the AirVenture Airshow. The flight was named the Rutan Reunion Flight and we showcased all of Burt Rutans “Legacy”...

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RAFE Making History at OSHKOSH 2019

After many years of effort Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience has gathered a Historic Assembly of the many unique Rutan Aircraft Designs to...

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Canard Flight Academy Graduate Petra Sobotka!

The word “milestone” seems to get used a lot when we write about things going on with the Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience. We’re...

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Canard Flight Academy Tranistions Pilots into their EZ's!

The RAFE Canard Flight Academy has been busy! In the last couple of weeks Pilots, future canard owner and builders about to finish their...

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