On December 14, 1986, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager lifted off from Edwards Air Force Base in a carbon-fiber aircraft that looked like a dragonfly built by engineers who had lost a bet. The Rutan Voyager was designed by Dick's brother Burt on the back of a napkin. It carried 7,011 pounds of fuel in 17 tanks—more than three times its empty weight. The pilots were crammed into a cockpit smaller than a phone booth. On takeoff, the overloaded wings scraped the runway and the winglets tore off; they flew in a slip to tear away the damaged remnants. They endured typhoons, thunderstorms that rolled the aircraft to 90 degrees of bank, and a fuel starvation event that killed one engine 450 miles from home. Nine days, three minutes, and 44 seconds later, they landed at Edwards with 106 pounds of fuel remaining—about 1.5% of what they started with. It was the first nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world.