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Title

747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Publication Date

2007

Language

English

ISBN 10

0060882425

ISBN 13

9780060882426

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

acceptable

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747 is the thrilling story behind "the Queen of the Skies"the Boeing 747as told by Joe Sutter, one of the most celebrated engineers of the twentieth century, who spearheaded its design and construction. Sutter's vivid narrative takes us back to a time when American technology was cutting-edge and jet travel was still glamorous and new. With wit and warmth, he gives an insider's sense of the larger than life-size personalitiesand the tensionsin the aeronautical world.

About the Authors

Joe Sutter led the team of engineers that created the Boeing 747. He served on the Presidential Commission to investigate the Challenger explosion with Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, and Richard Feynman. Now in his eighties, he still serves as a consultant to Boeing. He lives in Seattle.

Jay Spenser has spent a lifetime studying aviation as a museum curator at the National Air and Space Museum and the Museum of Flight, and as an aerospace industry writer. He is the co-author of 747 and lives in Seattle, Washington.

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