Aviation author and historian jay spenser worked closely with sutter for 18 months to write his autobiography, entitled 747. This book is authored by joe sutter and jay spenser and chronicles sutters life and the. N742ck kalitta air boeing 747446bcf photo by marcus. Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more. Aircraft lxscv 2001 boeing 7474r7fscd cn 29733 photo by. Read 747 online by joe sutter and jay spenser books free 30. Check out the deal on cathay pacific cargo b7478f bljm wstand jc2misc802 at. He personified the ingenuity and passion for excellence that made boeing airplanes synonymous with quality the world over. Sep 02, 2016 joe sutter, whose team of 4,500 engineers took just 29 months to design and build the first jumbo boeing 747 jetliner, creating a gleaming late20thcentury airborne answer to the luxury ocean. Sutter s vivid narrative takes us back to a time when american technology was cuttingedge and jet travel was still glamorous and new. Boeing engineer joe sutter led a team that designed the 747, a humpbacked behemoth almost as long as a football field that can pack in nearly 600 people. Joe sutter, whose team of 4,500 engineers took just 29 months to design and build the first jumbo boeing 747 jetliner, creating a gleaming.
Cathay pacific while 747 passenger services have ended, cathays 20 boeing 747 freighters comprising one 747400bcf, six 747400erfs and 7478fs will continue to support global commerce by ferrying goods around the world for years to come. The jumbo jet is one of aviations greatest achievements. These robo callersphishers are now leaving messages. Educated at cornell and yale universities, he is the author of 30 books, including shelleys mythmaking 1959, the visionary company 1961, blakes apocalypse 1963, yeats 1970, a map of misreading 1975, kabbalah and criticism 1975, agon. Aug 31, 2016 joe sutter, boeings chief engineer on the original jumbo, and known as the father of the 747. Navy on a destroyer escort in world war ii, he went to work for boeing in 1946, retiring after 40 years. The audio quality is second to none, and my car still makes use of the original factory stereo system. Joe sutter, boeing engineer who led project to build the.
The book also describes subsequent models of the 747 and the two majorderivative updates to the type, the 747400 of 1989, and the 7478. Tigers 78 heavy is shown on short final landing runway 24l. There was a text on my deceased sisters phone from this number that only said, thank you. The airbus a319neo takes to the skies commercial aircraft. That plane was a big accomplishment that is still going strong. This may be slightly past the normal off position of the switch. Seattle native joe sutter is best known for leading boeings 4,500member design team for the 747, the largest commercial airliner ever built. Well, this isnt the coby ca747 model cassette adapter as described by amazon, but it works just as well if not better than expected. After earning his aeronautical engineering degree, joes career began at boeing as an aerodynamicist. Rotate the switch key or lever to the extreme limit of its travel in the off position direction. Joe sutter changed travel with the jumbo boeing 747 wsj.
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Well, this isnt the coby ca 747 model cassette adapter as described by amazon, but it works just as well if not better than expected. Aeronautical engineer considered the father of the boeing 747. Check out the deal on jc wings cargolux boeing b7478i joe sutter father of the b747 wstand lxvcl 1. Sutters vivid narrative takes us back to a time when american technology was cuttingedge and jet travel was still glamorous and new. Sutter father of the 747 just as the 747 is iconic, so is one of uw engineerings most accomplished and beloved alumni, joe sutter, father of the 747. The father of the 737, joe sutter, has died today at the age of 95. Across its types, the 747 carries around half the worlds air freight. Joe designed the 737 with jack steiner, a project which began in november 1964. Report unwanted calls to help identify who is calling. Joe sutter, the father of the 747, passed away at the age of 95.
He lays it all out in the book and details the struggle to keep the project moving forward while fighting off upper managements cost cutting efforts, others trying to get him replaced as the lead, and trying to satisfy the customer. Infobase publishing blooms how to write about alice walker. Sutter helped design the 737, earning a patent for the way the engines were placed tightly under the wings. The intent is to eventually update all of the original 88 gotws articles, keeping the original numbers, and to write new ones starting at. B752, newark nj usa, 2006 skybrary aviation safety. Faa data valid effective may 21 2020 jun 18 2020 unless otherwise noted. Jc wings cargolux boeing b7478i joe sutterfather of the. Read 747 by joe sutter,jay spenser for free with a 30 day free trial. Manually hold the switch control there and observe the continuity. Aug 31, 2016 joe sutter, the chief engineer of the worlds first widebody airliner, the boeing 747, which expanded longhaul air travel to billions of passengers, helped ferry space shuttles back to earth. Although best remembered for the 747 he said i am more fond of the 737. Creating the worlds first jumbo jet and other adventures from a life in aviation. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android.
Legendary boeing engineer joe sutter led the team behind the. Classic aircraft carrier takes sentimental journey to alameda. Aircraft photo of lxscv, 2001 boeing 7474r7fscd cn 29733, schiphol, by roberto cassar. Creating the worlds first jumbo jet and other adventures from a life in aviation and other books by joe sutter. This book is a wide ranging autobiography written by joe sutter, the head of the project that created the 747 aircraft design. Kbfi boeing fieldking county intl seattle, wa fees. Creating the worlds first jumbo jet and other adventures from a life in aviation 2007 joe sutter and jay spenser describes the 747 program and is also partly an autobiography of sutter. Joe sutter, the father of the 747, passed away at the age of. Joe sutter led the team of engineers that created the boeing 747. Kulula zsoah boeing 737 msn 24460 ex gobmh vhczr xaucl zkczr aviation website for aircraft and airline information flight, travel, fleet listing, production list of airbus boeing douglas embraer dash, atr, sukhoi, saab. Joe sutter, father of the 747, passes away at 95 reuters. Following a businesscase study of the benefits of adding winglets or increasing wingspan, the 767400. Id seen a few documentaries about the genesis of the 747 and joe was in most of them.
Joe lived an amazing life and was an inspiration not just to those of us at boeing, but to the entire aerospace industry. The 747 400 commercial airplane needed a significant span increase to meet the range requirement. This morning we lost one of the giants of aerospace and a beloved member of the boeing family. The book details sutters tenure as chief engineer of the development of the 747 and elaborates on its design, manufacturing, testing, certification, and delivery to the worlds airlines. This general aviation airport covers 170 acres 69 ha and has one runway. Book to screen in the news video interviews fully booked podcast. We visited joe sutter, chief engineer of the original design.
Joe sutter, often referred to as the father of the 747, has died. N9609j 1966 piper pa28180 owned by adams donald j aircraft registration information with aircraft photos, flight tracking, and maps. Sidney, new york 838 printed april 1976 page 1 of 7 pages. However, structural constraints prevented the total span increase, so a combination of winglet and span increase was used. Find art you love and shop highquality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at. Aircraft 591516 photo 591516, 1959 boeing kc5r stratotanker, cn. Reference and taking recommended actions outlined in the document. Andi producer it was very strange to see it on her phone the day she passed away. Aircraft 591516 1959 boeing kc5r stratotanker cn 18004. The adapter i received was made by griffin electronics. Creating the worlds first jumbo jet and other adventures from a life in aviation isbn 0060882417. Flight evaluations with the first a319neo new engine option aircraft began on 31 march 2017, with the aircraft taking off from hamburgfinkenwerder airport in germany one of four final assembly line locations worldwide for airbus bestselling singleaisle jetliner family and landing at the companys toulouse, france headquarters location. It was published by smithsonian books harpercollins as a hardcover in 2006 and as a paperback in 2007. The book focusses not only on the iconic 747, but also its many variants, including the yal1a, which boeing developed for the us air force, and the evergreen 747 supertanker, a 747200, modified as an aerial application for firefighting.
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