Boeing was able to fit engines underneath the wing due to its short pylons, and also utilized shorter landing gear. The ...

The Boeing 727 was a popular jet which could land on shorter runways. However it was surpassed by 737‑800s, A320s, and 757s ...

About 67 years ago, aviation was changed forever in America when Boeing launched its iconic 707. Boeing wasn’t alone, and ...

On Friday, May 14, 1954, just after 4 p.m., the “Model 707” prototype – also known as the “Dash 80” – debuted at the Boeing factory in Renton on the shores of Lake Washington.

Are Boeing and Airbus approaching a name crisis? For Boeing, the “crisis” is acute. After a 60-year run of 7XX-series aircraft starting with the 707, only the 797 name has yet to be assigned ...

A: Yes, very early in the Boeing 707’s development, pilot Tex Johnson rolled the demonstration airplane over the Seattle Seafair. While physics may permit such a maneuver, good judgment would not.

The lineup included everything from Boeing's 707 that revolutionized the jet age when it debuted in the 1950s to the state-of-the art 787 Dreamliner that entered commercial service in 2012.

The Boeing 707 had been scrapped 1988, and the cockpit turned into a museum exhibit. The cockpit had been stored outside, and after 30 years it was in rough shape.

Boeing delivered 1,144 of the original JT8D-powered 737-100/200 before production completely switched to the CFM56-3-powered 737-300/400/500 in 1989.

No time for tricks. But 60 years ago, on Aug. 7, 1955, Boeing’s chief of flight testing, the legendary Alvin “Tex” Johnston, pulled an impressive stunt in the prototype of the Boeing 707.

John Travolta is donating his iconic ex-Qantas Boeing 707 to an Australian aviation museum and hopes to be part of the crew to deliver the vintage airliner when it’s ready to make the journey ...