Father of the 747 dies

[rgbinns 31]

Sad news seen in the West Australian today:

 

 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/joe-sutter-boeing-engineer-who-led-project-to-build-the-first-jumbo-jet-dies-at-95/2016/08/31/9564bc62-6f8f-11e6-9705-23e51a2f424d_story.html

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Sad news seen in the West Australian today:

 

He died a month ago.

[rgbinns 31]

I am soooooooooooooo sorry.

Maybe others did not know?

kind regards

[scandinavian13 5,192]

 

 

Maybe others did not know?

 

In Kenny's defense, we had a tribute post pinned here in the forum until about a week ago, so those in the forum here were likely already aware. Our Facebook page carried the same message.

 

Here's the post:

http://www.avsim.com/topic/494272-thanks-joe/