Question: Who designed the aircraft which Steve Fossett, American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer, Flew around the world in?
Context: Aviator Arena Sports and Recreation Facility is located on the site of the former Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York.  Aviator Arena hosts sporting events and shows throughout the year, and the occasional air show.  The field outside the arena is still used as an official heliport by the New York Police Department (NYPD).  Once inside the indoor entrance to Aviator Arena, an entire inner wall tribute several stories high is dedicated to the history of Aeronautics which took place on the site of the sports facility and the people of flight who made the former Floyd Bennett Field famous, including: Wiley Post, the first pilot to solo around the world, who flew around the world from the field and returned to it in 7 days 19 hours and 49 minutes in July 1933; and billionaire Howard Hughes, who flew 14791 mi around the world from Floyd Bennett Field in July 1938 and returned to it with a crew of four men in 3 days, 19 hours, 8 minutes, 10 seconds to collect important navigational data. James Stephen "Steve" Fossett (April 22, 1944 – c. September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer.  He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon.  He made his fortune in the financial services industry and was best known for many world records, including five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo flight fixed-wing aircraft pilot. Coronet Bat was a 1995 U.S. Air Force exercise in which two B-1B Lancers flew around the world non-stop, dropping practice bombs on ranges in Europe, Asia and North America. Cheyenne, formerly known as PlayStation is a large catamaran created for the 2000 around the world race known as The Race.  Like its competitors, "Cheyenne" was created for sheer speed, pushing the state of the art in materials, construction, and operation.  "PlayStation" was skippered and owned by Steve Fossett.  It is owned by and operated by Virgin Oceanic's co-founder Chris Welsh. Stagger-EZ is a unique three place pusher canard aircraft, featuring staggered seating, a dihedral canard, and a rounder fuselage which differs from other canard aircraft in its class (e.g. Cozy MK IV, Velocity, Long-Ez).  The aircraft has standard LongEZ wings and a redesigned fuselage.  It was designed by a composite craftsman and pilot by the name of Steve Wright.  After completing a VariEZe, Steve Wright found it to be a good design but small and lacking in features he wanted.  He flew over a thousand hours in his VariEZe but wanted to build a second canard.  He learned that a couple of pilots had suffered broken legs in Long-EZ accidents.  So Steve began his design of a new canard that would incorporate several improvements.  In 1999 he started by laying a keel down the center of the composite fuselage, which in turn caused the nose wheel to be moved to the right several inches.  That improved legroom for the PIC position on the left.  The reduced area on the right floor board did not allow for dual rudder pedals.  The rods that control the elevator and aileron where positioned in a center console rather than down each side like a Cozy III.  The right seater stick is 13 inches behind the left seater.  Thus the right seat is "Staggered" back 13 inches.  Lastly, a third seat is in the back behind the left seat.  With a 42 inch wide fuselage, Steve ordered a custom canopy be made that is at least 20% larger than a Cozy III.  The canopy does not open to the side, but is electric and moves up and back like many jet aircraft.  Another major change was made to the landing gear.  It was moved out and anchored in the strake area.  (Any rocks or debris kicked up by the main landing gear are outside of the propeller arc.)  Steve also incorporated a simpler fuel system.  A central sump connects both fuel tanks.  So the Stagger EZ has only one fuel cap but still holds 43 gallons.  The Stagger EZ flew for the first time in 2004.  Steve flew the Stagger EZ to EAA's "Sun-N-Fun" Fly-In and received "Grand Champion" in the home built category in 2005.  Steve and Patricia Wright flew the Stagger EZ until 2009 when Steve came down with cancer.  Steve died from melanoma cancer in May 2010.  David Williford purchased the StaggerEZ in May 2011.  He flew it for 50 hours before having to ground it for a major restoration which lasted almost two years.  The Stagger EZ still flies today because of both Steve Wright and David Williford.  For more information please visit www.StaggerEZ.com. Maximilian "Max" Conrad (January 21, 1903 – April 3, 1979 in Summit, New Jersey) known as the "Flying Grandfather", was a record-setting aviator.  In the 1950s and 1960s, he set nine official light plane world records, three of which still stand as of 2013.  For his efforts, he was awarded the Louis Blériot medal in 1952 and the prestigious Harmon Trophy in 1964.  Winona Municipal Airport, also known as Max Conrad Field, in Winona County, Minnesota is named in his honor. Bertrand Blanchard Acosta (January 1, 1895 – September 1, 1954) was a record-setting aviator.  With Clarence D. Chamberlin they set an endurance record of 51 hours, 11 minutes, and 25 seconds in the air.  He later flew in the Spanish Civil War in the Yankee Squadron.  He was known as the "bad boy of the air".  He received numerous fines and suspensions for flying stunts such as flying under bridges or flying too close to buildings. André Borschberg (born December 13, 1952) is a Swiss entrepreneur, explorer, pilot and speaker.  He is the co-founder of the Solar Impulse project, the first ever round-the-world solar flight, successfully completed in July 2016.  During the Japan-to-Hawaii leg, André broke the world record for longest solo flight in an airplane of any kind: 117 hours and 52 minutes, breaking Steve Fossett's 2006 record.  Before that, on 7 July 2010, André completed the first 24-hour solar powered flight.  The flight set records for the longest manned solar-powered flight and the greatest height reached by a manned solar aircraft. The Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (registered N277SF) is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan in which Steve Fossett flew a solo nonstop airplane flight around the world in 2 days 19 hours and 1 minute (67 hours 1 minute) from February 28 to March 3, 2005.  The flight speed of 590.7 kph set the world record for the fastest nonstop non-refueled circumnavigation, beating the mark set by the previous Rutan-designed Voyager aircraft at 9 days 3 minutes and an average speed of 116 mph . Toucan 'Tecs: The Adventures of Zippi & Zac (Welsh: "Slici a Slac" ) was a British children's television programme about two private detectives, a pair of anthropomorphic toucans named Zippi and Zac (voiced by Philip Whitchurch and Tony Robinson respectively), who, although based in the jungle, flew around the world solving crimes on their flying devices.  Their main enemies were group of ducks, called "The Mad Ducks", led by Red Leader.
Answer: Burt Rutan