Joe Sutter Professions : Engineer Born : March 21, 1921 Died : August 30, 2016 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Joe Sutter When we were told it's impossible, we knew it's the right way to be done. Joe Sutter not-giving-up done motivational At the start of any program, asking questions is the most important part of the process. If you get [the customer's] requirements wrong, then you don't have a successful product. Joe Sutter asking-questions important successful . . . It wasn't until the jet engine came into being and that engine was coupled with special airplane designs - such as the swept wing - that airplanes finally achieved a high enough work capability, efficiency and comfort level to allow air transportation to really take off. Joe Sutter jet-engines airplane wings We built a jet airplane to get in and out of a 5,000-ft field. No one believed it could be done. Joe Sutter airplane fields done Similar Authors Alan Mulally engineer Bruce White engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel engineer Arthur Rudolph engineer Aron Ralston engineer Anousheh Ansari engineer All Authors