Dick Rutan Autographs
Richard Glenn Rutan (July 1, 1938 – May 3, 2024) was an American military aviator and officer. He was also a record-breaking test pilot who in 1986 piloted the Voyager aircraft on the first non-stop, non-refueled around-the-world flight with co-pilot Jeana Yeager. Rutan was born and raised in Loma Linda, California, where he gained an interest in flying at a young age. He was the older brother of famed aerospace designer Burt Rutan, whose many earlier original designs Dick piloted on class record-breaking flights, including Voyager.
After completing the Radar Intercept Officer Course, Rutan served as a McDonnell F-101B Voodoo Radar Intercept Officer with the 322d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Kingsley Field, Oregon, from December 1959 to September 1961, and then as a Northrop F-89 Scorpion Radar Intercept Officer with the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Keflavik Airport, Iceland, from September 1961 to October 1962. His next assignment was as a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II navigator with the 85th Air Transport Squadron at Travis AFB, California, from October 1962 to November 1965. He underwent Undergraduate Pilot Training, earning his Pilot Wings at Laughlin AFB, Texas, in December 1966.
Rutan served during the Vietnam War as one of the founding members of the "Mistys" of Operation Commando Sabre, pioneering the use of tactical jets as a "FastFAC" (known as forward air control) for the FAC Airborne mission, which searched for and marked targets with white phosphorus rockets ahead of the strike package. He flew 325 missions but had to eject one time, when his "Hun" North American F-100 Super Sabre aircraft was hit.
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Current items with a signature of Dick Rutan
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Traded items with a signature of Dick Rutan
The most expensive item with a signature of Dick Rutan (LONG-EZ BLUEPRINT~BURT AND DICK RUTAN AUTOGRAPHED~HUGE~33 X 23~OLD RAF STOCK!) was sold in March 2017 for $201.37 while the cheapest item (DICK RUTAN SIGNED INDEX CARD FLEW THE VOYAGER NON-STOP AROUND THE WORLD #037) found a new owner for $0.59 in October 2016. The month with the most items sold (10) was May 2016 with an average selling price of $0.59 for an autographed item of Dick Rutan. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2014 with $102.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.59 was March 2016. In average, an autographed item from Dick Rutan is worth $9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Dick Rutan were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1985 PHOTO OF VOYAGER BY JIM SUGAR~AUTOGRAPHED BY DICK RUTAN~13 3/4 X 9 1/4~ | $21.99 |  |
| 1985 PHOTO OF VOYAGER BY JIM SUGAR~AUTOGRAPHED BY DICK RUTAN~13 3/4 X 9 1/4~ | $21.99 | |
| Autographed Dick Rutan + Jenna Yeager Voyager Hat Around The World EAA Vintage! | $50.00 | |
| Deceased Record-Breaking Aviator Dick Rutan Autographed Voyager 8x10 BAS | $4.99 | |
| Deceased Record-Breaking Aviator Dick Rutan Autographed Voyager 8x10 BAS | $4.99 | |
| Dick Rutan Autographed 8x10 Photo Signed PSA/DNA Round World Flight Voyager 48 | $18.99 | |
| Dick Rutan Autographed 8x10 Photo Signed PSA/DNA Round World Flight Voyager 48 | $18.99 | |
| DICK RUTAN SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT BAS COA 1ST ROUND WORLD FLIGHT VOYAGER 2 | $10.50 | |
| DICK RUTAN SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT BAS COA 1ST ROUND WORLD FLIGHT VOYAGER 2 | $10.50 | |
 | RUTAN AIRCRAFT FACTORY 22 X 17 THICK POSTER~AUTOGRAPHED BY THE LATE DICK RUTAN | $51.00 | |
| RUTAN AIRCRAFT FACTORY 22 X 17 THICK POSTER~AUTOGRAPHED BY THE LATE DICK RUTAN | $51.00 | |
| THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES~THE LATE DICK RUTAN W/KELLY HALL~AUTOGRAPHED~#2681 | $34.99 | |
| THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES~THE LATE DICK RUTAN W/KELLY HALL~AUTOGRAPHED~#2681 | $34.99 | |
| Voyager 1987 HC/DJ 1st Ed - Signed by Dick Rutan | $20.00 | |
| Voyager 1987 HC/DJ 1st Ed - Signed by Dick Rutan | $20.00 | |
Latest News about Dick Rutan
Aerospace Appreciation Weekend: Dick Rutan Bobblehead, Aerosmith Fireworks and m (08/13/2013): The JetHawks will be celebrating '80s Night here at The Hangar With or Without You on Thursday, August 15th. You might as well Jump out of your seat and Beat It to The Hangar in your best '80s costume. The spandex, big hair and totally tubular '80s music will be Just Like Heaven. 
Vietnam Center, Archive presents Lt. Col. Dick Rutan (09/27/2012): He flew 325 Air Force combat missions over Vietnam and received the Presidential Citizens Medal for being the first to fly around the world non-stop.
