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by jsanford 3174 days ago
Joe Sutter, lead engineer and PM for the 747, wrote a nice autobiography "747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet"

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060882425/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1267151.747

The considerations for redundancy, safety, and testing for these huge passenger jets is quite striking compared to, say, the Skunkworks book.

Recommended.