Discover

'Joe Sutter' was an engineer for the Boeing Airplane Company and lead designer for the Boeing 747. Sutter is often referred to as the "father of the 747."^[1]
Sutter, born in Seattle, Washington grew up in the area of Boeing's Seattle plant.¹ Sutter served on a destroyer escort in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Sutter tells his inspiring story in the mass-market book ''747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation'' (ISBN 0060882417), which Smithsonian Books / HarperCollins published as a hardcover in 2006 and as a paperback in 2007. Aviation author and historian Jay Spenser worked closely with Sutter for 18 months to create this book, which describes Sutter's life and 40-year career at Boeing.
The heart of Sutter's book is of course the 747, the world's first twin-aisle or widebody jetliner. Sutter and Spenser take us behind the scenes to bring to life this legendary airliner's origins, definition, detailed design, manufacturing, testing, certification, and delivery to the world's airlines. The book describes subsequent models of the 747 and the two major-derivative updates to the type, the Boeing 747-400 of 1989, and the Boeing 747-8 of 2009.

Contents

References

References

1. "Air & Space Interview: Joe Sutter." Chavanne, B. ''Air & Space Magazine''. August, 2006.