On Friday, with little fanfare, Rutan plans to step out of the spotlight for good at age 67, as he retires from the design and manufacturing firm Scaled Composites, which he founded in 1982.
"It's time," he said in an interview. "I'm leaving the best job in the world."
With his wife, Tonya, he will move to the lakeside community of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, from the small desert town of Mojave, population 3,836, that he helped put on the map by designing innovative aircraft and spacecraft.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-rutan-retirement-20110401,0,1938565.story?page=1
We'll still hear from Burt. I don't think he'll be able to throttle back his brain processes.
He'll be pontificating. Like as per Miles O'Brien's tribute: http://vimeo.com/21848422