National Air and Space Museum Archives

Voyager Around the World Flight Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2000.0054
Creators:
Riva, Peter
Dates:
1986-1987
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
9.89 Cubic feet
(1 letter document box) (8 records center boxes) (2 shoeboxes) (1 flatbox)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the records kept by project manager Peter Riva and includes legal files, general office files, audio tapes, videotapes, newspaper and magazine accounts of the flight and transcripts of the account that would become the book, Voyager by Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan with Phil Patton, published by Knopf in 1987.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
On December 23, 1986 the unique Voyager aircraft completed the first nonstop, non-refueled circumnavigation of the globe. Voyager's designer, Burt Rutan, its pilots for the nine-day historic flight, Richard "Dick" Rutan and Jeana Yeager, as well as crew chief Bruce Evans, were all to win the Collier Trophy for their accomplishment of one of aviation's last "firsts."

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Peter Riva, Gift, 2000, 2000-0054, unknown

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
See accession file.
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

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General

General
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Keywords

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Rutan Model 76 Voyager Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics -- Records Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Aeronautics -- Awards Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Videotapes Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Business records Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Riva, Peter Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yeager, Jeana Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rutan, Richard "Dick" Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Evans, Bruce Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rutan, Burt Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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