Rutan Proteus heading for Darwin

[karrank]

A canard homage site I frequent advises me the Proteus is heading for Darwin for some research works, should be getting there about now. Anybody know anything about it? Mike Melvill on board apparantly:8

[Howard Hughes]

Whats the homepage? Would be interested to know.
Cheers, HH.:ok:

[tinpis]

There is a funny lookin Russian thing here as well
That Rutan thingy :hmm: .....looks like it lives in a billabong

[the wizard of auz]

Is that the one they used to launch spaceship one?
Seems most of Burts designs are odd looking things.

[I Love This Show]

They fly only due to the Earth rejecting them because of their inherent ugliness :}

[Unhinged]

Departed Cairns this afternoon. Last heard heading west, cleared to FL470. Bloody ugly it is too, but everyone came out to look and took piccies ...

[prop-wash]

Came back to Cairns the same day, something about the weather being too rough enroute. Sitting on the ground here in cairns, no news on when it will depart.
P-W

[Defenestrator]

Anyone got piccies?? Be good to look at this 'ugly' beastie.

[tinpis]

http://www.aerofiles.com/rutan-proteus.jpg

[karrank]

"Whats the homepage?" - Note I said HOMAGE, not homepage!
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