Re:Joe Sutter, who guided creation of the Boeing 747, has died
by bambax on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:48AM
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> Adam Bruckner of the University of Washington’s department of aeronautics and astronautics later described the 747 as “one of the great engineering wonders of the world, like the pyramids of Egypt, the Eiffel Tower or the Panama Canal.”
Absolutely true. It's one of the most beautiful machines of the world, and unlike the Eiffel tower or the great pyramids, it serves a purpose; it's a tool, and the nicest one.
One morning in 1992 I drove a friend to JFK; when he departed, I spent the rest of the day watching 747s take off and land; I just couldn't leave the spot. It was a great day.
> In 1986 President Ronald Reagan appointed him to a panel investigating the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
Richard Feynman was a member of this panel; I wonder if the two got along well?
Absolutely true. It's one of the most beautiful machines of the world, and unlike the Eiffel tower or the great pyramids, it serves a purpose; it's a tool, and the nicest one.
One morning in 1992 I drove a friend to JFK; when he departed, I spent the rest of the day watching 747s take off and land; I just couldn't leave the spot. It was a great day.
> In 1986 President Ronald Reagan appointed him to a panel investigating the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
Richard Feynman was a member of this panel; I wonder if the two got along well?