boeing
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.
June 1, 2021
The death dodger
Taking risks was second nature for Albert Scott Crossfield. That’s how he became the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound and laid the groundwork to go into space.
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.
July 26, 2017
Romance under wraps
Theodore R. Anderson Jr. (1937-2017) met his wife when they both were applying for positions at Ski Patrol.
September 1, 2007
The right stuff
Once composites were just used for fishing rods and snowboards. Now they are a key component of the next generation of passenger airplanes. UW experts talk about the 787 and what’s next in the materials revolution.
December 1, 2003
‘Jack’ Steiner, 1917-2003
John E. "Jack" Steiner, '40, was chief designer of the Boeing 727 and 737, the two best-selling commercial jets of all time.
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.