John Gregory Roncz was an American aerodynamicist involved in the development of over 50 different aircraft, ranging from ultralights, round-the world record breakers and military transports, to yacht
Rutan 77 Solitaire N142SD
(Left to right) Burt and Dick Rutan, John Roncz and Mike Melvill at a Voyager 25th anniversary celebration in 2011.
Garrison Melmoth 2 N2MU at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2011
The Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus is a tandem-wing high-altitude long-endurance aircraft designed by Burt Rutan to investigate the use of aircraft as high-altitude telecommunications relays. The
Proteus in flight in 2002 in the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ARM-UAV) Program
Proteus flies over the Tehachapi Mountains with the MP-RTIP radar pod
Orthographically projected diagram of the Scaled Composites Proteus