T he Boeing 747 entered service decades ago, and it fundamentally changed the world of commercial aviation when it did. With ...

This project was called the 367-80 later renamed as Dash-80. The launch customer Pan Am Boeing 707 ©Wikipedia Boeing developed this aircraft on its own as no airlines were confident enough to trust ...

More than 70 years have passed since the first successful mass-produced passenger jet—the Boeing 707—revolutionized ... the CEO of Pan Am, one of Boeing's most important customers, and an ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1981, Pan American World Airways (PA) retired its last Boeing 707 from regular passenger service. Pan Am had been the launch customer for the Boeing 707 in 1955 after placing an ...

On this day in aviation history, December 20, 1957, the first production Boeing 707 made its maiden flight over Seattle. The ...

Interior of a Pan Am Boeing 757. (Photo Credit: Pan Am) The “Tracing the Transatlantic” journey departs June 16 and June 27 and flies roundtrip from New York City following a gala. It flies a similar ...

Pan American World Airways, a dominant carrier at the time, approached Boeing with a request for a jet two and a half times the size of the 707. Pan Am also wanted to reduce ... Its spacious interior, ...

Pan Am Ushers in the Golden Age of Air Travel Pan Am helped revolutionize the airline industry in the late 1950s by acquiring Boeing 707 and 747 aircraft and guiding air travel into the Jet Age, with ...

It took off for the first time on December 20, 1957, and Pan Am operated the first commercial flight on October 26, 1958, when its Boeing 707 named "Clipper America" took off from New York's ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1958, Pan American World Airways (PA) took delivery of the first commercial jet airliner in the United States when Boeing ... Museum Pan Am also operated the -300 series, as well as ...

A Pan Am Boeing 707 gets its final touches in Renton, Washington, in 1958. MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES "It'll have the Pan Am livery," Carter said. "As much as we possibly can with the interior ...

In 1958, Pan Am acquired a new Boeing 707-120s, which accommodated 130 passengers ... Additionally, restaurants and a bar were added to the interior as a US Customs facility, which helped with the ...