September 2, 2012 in City

Burt Rutan flies his radio-controlled, tethered model airplane at his home in Coeur d’Alene on Aug. 15. He now envisions developing a hybrid plane that could also navigate rivers and lakes.

The Rutan-designed SpaceShipOne comes in for a landing after making a suborbital flight in pursuit of the X Prize in Mojave, Calif., in September 2004.

Rutan checks out the Catbird, an experimental plane he designed and built, at the Coeur d’Alene Air Show on Aug. 18.

Rutan’s White Knight, carrying SpaceShipOne, makes a flight in 2004.