The Rutan VariEze is a composite Canard Aircraft designed by Burt Rutan. It is considered a high performance homebuilt plane and hundreds of them have been constructed. It is the first one that I have ever seen. I found it absolutely fascinating which is why it has a post of it's own. The propeller is at the back and it has a fully retractable nosewheel which is why it is parked nose down in my photos. It just seems all round the wrong way, but apparently it flies really well.
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Dick Rutan (who designed this homebuilt plane) and Jeana Yeager made the first round the world non-stop flight in a plane called The Voyager. Check it out on Wikipedia, there's also an interesting book on the trip called Voyager.
The VariEze is a canard, the tailplanes are at the front. One flew past us at Port Waikato a couple of weeks ago.
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