"We need creative design. We need to maintain our freedom to stick our butts on the line in order to achieve things that are really worthwhile."
- Burt Rutan


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Gooney Bird just prior to her first Powered/VTOL flight in 2020. Alvord Desert, Oregon.
Rob Coatney, the designer and builder of the Gooney Bird long range drone
Gooney Bird with her creator Rob Coatney just prior to the first gliding test flight in 2014.