The first Boeing 707 variants that went into commercial service bore the model number 707-120. Boeing also made an upgraded variant of the 707-120 and called it the Boeing 707-120B. These planes ...

The first model of this new phase, the Boeing 707, was initially called 700, but the marketing department opted for “707” because it sounded more striking and appealing. The success of the 707 ...

1954: The Boeing 367-80 makes its first flight from Renton Field southeast of Seattle. The jet-powered airliner will become the Boeing 707 and usher in the jet age for passenger travel. Boeing was ...

The order total remained at zero on May 14, 1954, when Boeing rolled the Model 367-80 out of its Renton ... was the prototype for the 707 jetliner, which dominated the early jet age, and the ...

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.

(Use of the number “7” in Boeing jets has a mundane explanation; it was the next sequence in model numbers. 707 was chosen over 700 because the marketing department thought it had a better ring.) ...

When the Flyer of the Wright Brothers leapt off the ground at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in December 1903, they never imagined that in just a few (relatively) short decades, their one-person ...

Before the 707, propeller-driven aircraft had dominated commercial air travel. Boeing’s 737 model was launched in 1967 and would become the most commercially successful aeroplane in aviation ...

Boeing has closed a significant chapter in ... biggest configuration compared to about 200 passengers for the older 707 model. Many historians call the 747 the original jumbo jet, and demand ...

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said at the rollout ... three times as many as the prior 707 model. As the plane developed, the final 747-8 passenger version could carry 470 people on long-haul routes.