Joe Sutter - Father of 747 - RIP

[Mike Pryce]

Sad news:

http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/joe-sutter-father-747-dies-95

I was just watching him in this BBC documentary a few days ago:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03wtnfv/jumbo-the-plane-that-changed-the-world

A great loss - the designer of an iconic aircraft.

 

[Graham1973]

Sad news.

I've always had a soft spot for the 747, designed as a stop-gap until the SSTs were flying (They never did when the Americans chucked a hissy fit because their plane was not in the air first...) they revolutionized flying. I took my first flight to England in one.

 

[Grey Havoc]

It has not been the best of years.

RIP.

 

[Michel Van]

More sad new

Joseph F. Sutter past away at age of 95

better know as "Joe" Sutter, the Manager of Design team that made the Boeing 747
Also member of the Rogers Commission investigate the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

he wrote his biography (with Jay Spenser ) called:
747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation