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  1. 08-31-2006, 06:26 AM #1
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    Interview with Joe Sutter (Father of the 747)

    On the Boeing blog, there is an interview with Joe Sutter, the man behind the 1st 747...
    http://www.boeing.com/randy/

    Joe Sutter: Well, when we went out to talk to the airlines, they wanted a bigger airplane. And we talked to Pan Am, and I think we talked to British Airways, Lufthansa, Japan Airlines, Qantas, a whole bunch of them. We went around the world with a brochure showing a 250, a 300, and a 350-passenger airplane. What size do you want? They all said 350. And that was sort of a shock. How do you build a 350-passenger airplane? My own people, when we went to the drawing board, said, what do we do now? They started drawing double-deckers, you know, one deck over another. The double-aisle concept wasn't invented at that time.

    This is a pretty cool photo
    http://www.boeing.com/randy/archives/ph ... _line.html

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  2. 08-31-2006, 08:53 AM #2
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    100 Years from now the 747 will still be the most graceful, most beautiful aircraft to ever take to flight. Great story from a true ledgend!
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  3. 08-31-2006, 12:47 PM #3
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    Great story.

    And even better photo!

    God how I love those factory photos from long ago.
    "my finger on the shutter button, while my eye is over my shoulder"
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  4. 08-31-2006, 04:11 PM #4
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    what an awesome photo! all the Pan Ams and TWA, insane!
    And I, I took the path less traveled by
    and that has made all the difference......yet...
    I have a feeling a handle of people are going to be very interested in what I post in the near future.

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  5. 08-31-2006, 04:22 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by mirrodie
    what an awesome photo! all the Pan Ams and TWA, insane!
    Plus Jal, Lufty, Air France, BOAC and Northwest Orient too!
    "my finger on the shutter button, while my eye is over my shoulder"
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  6. 08-31-2006, 04:32 PM #6
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    Great story, and a terrific photo, sure brings back memories!

    Quote Originally Posted by T-Bird76
    100 Years from now the 747 will still be the most graceful, most beautiful aircraft to ever take to flight.
    I don't know Tommy, the 747 is a great looking bird, but I guess you've never looked out the window and seen this view:



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