Burt Rutan Joins eVTOL Design Race

MOJAVE, California—Aviation and space legend Burt Rutan is designing a new aircraft, and it appears to use an electric-powered vertical takeoff and landing ( eVTOL ) configuration. The 76-year-old designer of the round-the-world Voyager piston and suborbital SpaceShipOne rocket retired as the chief...

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