boeing 747
January 3, 2023
So long, 747
Boeing rolls out the final 747 – once known as the Queen of the Skies – and the end of an era is upon us for a plane designed by a famous alum.
August 14, 2020
The queen of the skies goes quiet
The majestic Boeing 747, designed by Joseph Sutter, ’43, will no longer be flying for one of the world's biggest airlines.
December 14, 2017
Farewell to the Boeing 747
The Boeing 747, once the Queen of the Skies, is a winged monument to the University of Washington.
December 1, 1992
‘Father’ of the 747
Joseph Sutter, who received a degree in aeronautical engineering from the UW in 1943, holds the unofficial title of "father" of the Boeing 747.