Joe Sutter

1 aircraft·Boeing·1969

Joe Sutter assembled a team of 4,500 engineers and designed the Boeing 747 in 29 months. The aircraft's distinctive upper-deck hump was a practical solution for nose-loading cargo conversion, not a design flourish. Boeing bet the company on the result. The 747 remained in production for 54 years, outlasting every aircraft designed to replace it, and carried more passengers than any other aircraft type in history.

1960sBoeing