vuy~ after nine-dayt around world v out stopping reti flu gum pun mufls point wheeh st touched down dry lake bed Photograph Bob Halvorsen Daily News Los Angeles JUST DAYS before issue went printer good fortune watch landing fantastic plane TV upon completion its record-breaking around world nonstop non-refueling flight pilots Dick Rutan Jeana Yeager designer Burt Rutans organization volunteers offer hearty well done Did know Burt Rutan used very active modeling competitions might have guessed some characteristics earlier designs has given us Vari-Eze Vari-Viggen Quickie Defiant Long EZ Lotus Microlight Vantage Beech Starship creative mindand now Voy ager Construction Voyager unique its configuration Wing spars solid oven-cured carbon graphite skins very thin carbon-graphite sheets over oven-cured Nomex paper honeycomb Also used Kevlar/fiberglass epoxy matrix planes empty weight 1858 pounds wings aspect ratio 338 1 point out vividly low weight achieved sacrifice strength Ju dicious use strong lightweight materials required bonding agents also important An adhesive very familiar modelers Satellite Citys Hot Stuff Super T used extensively con structing trailing edges ailerons secure wiring bundles fuel vent lines attaching fuselage windows Hot Stuff used places accessibility problem instant bonding needed whole Voyager adventure planned executed small band key people volunteers prac tically no corporate sponsorship American dream come true 12 Model Aviation Mal Gross Ctr vice president Na tional Aeronautic Association presents NAA record certificateto Jeana YeagerL Dick Rutan R distance 25012 statute miles traversed nine days three min utes 44 seconds average speed 1158 mph Photograph David L Peltz Voyager halfway down runway Edwards AFB during takeoff December14 IIIOt UIcK Hutan holding nose down unaware wing tips dragging ground tips shaken off above Edwards prevent further damage Photo Bob Halvorsen/Daily News