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    Airframe Family: Rutan Long-EZ
    Latest Model:61 Long-EZ
    Construction Number:319
    Last Civil Registration:N90EZ
    Compressed ID:Rutan 61 cn 319 cr N90EZ
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    1991

    Constructed as a 61.

    1991

    To Timonthy R. Binder with new c/r N90EZ.
    Aircraft builder.

    5 August 2003

    To Scalled Composites, Mojave, CA keeping c/r N90EZ.

    From 2003 to 2008

    A pulsed detonation engine (PDE) was installed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Innovative Scientific Solutions Incorporated (ISSI). The PDE used off-the-shelf automotive components. Shockwaves from controlled detonations of the fuel-air mixture provided a peak thrust of about 200 lb at around 125 decibels through four tubes at the back. After a five-year joint effort with Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc.

    24 January 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX90EZ (LONG EZ, 319) issued.

    31 January 2008

    First flight.
    Only flight.

    2008

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    17 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    17 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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