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Joe Sutter

Also Known As father of the 747
Aviation Industrialists and Engineers

Joe Sutter was an American engineer at Boeing who managed the design team for the Boeing 747. Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine has described him as the father of the 747. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1921 1
Death Year
2016 1
Nationality
American 1
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Invented

Boeing 747, Vehicles
Source Wikipedia: Joe Sutter

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Nationality

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1. Wikipedia: Joe Sutter
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine has described Sutter as the "father of the 747".
  • Lead section (epithet)
    Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine has described Sutter as the "father of the 747".
  • In Group: Aircraft Designers and Engineers, Lead sentence
    Joseph Frederick Sutter (March 21, 1921, August 30, 2016) was an American engineer for the Boeing Airplane Company and manager of the design team for the Boeing 747 under Malcolm T.
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