Joe Sutter

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Joe Sutter was an American aerospace engineer best known as the chief designer of the Boeing 747, one of the most iconic and influential commercial airliners in history.

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instanceOf American engineer
aerospace engineer
human
awardReceived Howard Hughes Memorial Award
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
surface form: United States Medal of Technology

Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1921-03-21
dateOfDeath 2016-08-30
educatedAt University of Washington
employer Boeing
Boeing
surface form: Boeing Commercial Airplanes
familyName Sutter
fieldOfWork aeronautical engineering
aircraft design
genre aviation memoir
givenName Joseph
heritage Slovenian descent
influenced design of subsequent wide-body airliners
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National Academy of Engineering
militaryBranch United States Navy
notableFor being chief designer of the Boeing 747
contributions to wide-body airliner design
leadership in development of jumbo jet airliners
notableWork 747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation
Boeing 747
occupation aerospace engineer
aircraft designer
placeOfBirth Seattle, Washington, United States
placeOfDeath Seattle, Washington, United States
positionHeld chief engineer of the Boeing 747 program
residence Seattle, Washington, United States
sexOrGender male
workLocation Seattle, Washington, United States

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