--- title: "4 Joe Sutter Quotes - Famous Basketball player (747)" description: "Joseph Frederick Sutter was an American engineer for the Boeing Airplane Company and manager of the design team for the Boeing 747 under Malcolm T. Stam..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joe-sutter-50553.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Joe Sutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joe-sutter-50553.jpg) # Joe Sutter Basketball Player **4** quotes in **40** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Joe Sutter is a basketball player, best known for *747*. ## Quick Facts About Joe Sutter Profession Basketball Player Notable works 747 ## About Joe Sutter Joseph Frederick Sutter was an American engineer for the Boeing Airplane Company and manager of the design team for the Boeing 747 under Malcolm T. Stamper, the head of the 747 project. Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine has described Sutter as the "father of the 747". ## Quotes by Joe Sutter > [We built a jet airplane to get in and out of a 5,000-ft field. No one believed it could be done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-sutter/we-built-a-jet-airplane-to-get-in-and-out-of-a-5-000-ft-field-no-one/) [Joe Sutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-sutter/) [Airline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/airline/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa4/joe-sutter-67807_airline_we-built-a-jet-airplane-to-get-in-and-ou_374541.jpg) > [When we were told it's impossible, we knew it's the right way to be done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-sutter/when-we-were-told-it-s-impossible-we-knew-it-s-the-right-way-to-be/) [Joe Sutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-sutter/) [Done](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/done/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/joe-sutter-67807_done_when-we-were-told-it-s-impossible-we-kne_707038.jpg) > [ At the start of any program, asking questions is the most important part of the process. If you get \[the customer's\] requirements… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-sutter/at-the-start-of-any-program-asking-questions-is-the-most-important/) [Joe Sutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-sutter/) [Asking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/joe-sutter-67807_asking_at-the-start-of-any-program-asking-quest_1764741.jpg) > [. . . It wasn't until the jet engine came into being and that engine was coupled with special airplane designs -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-sutter/it-wasn-t-until-the-jet-engine-came-into-being-and-that-engine-was/) [Joe Sutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-sutter/) [Air](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/joe-sutter-67807_air_it-wasn-t-until-the-jet-engine-came-into_3092979.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-sutter/#itemlist", "name": "Joe Sutter Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We built a jet airplane to get in and out of a 5,000-ft field. 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