The 707 would revolutionize the ... first flown in 1954 to be a proof-of-concept demonstrator for the capabilities of jet transports, with Boeing test pilot Alvin “Tex” Johnston famously ...

But it only has two years on the Air Force's other senior citizen, an aircraft that will likely keep flying for as long as the B-52: the venerable Boeing 707 ... a totally new concept: a ...

Makes sense, but where did that "X7" part come from? That goes back to Boeing's very first commercial jet, the 707 (pictured), first flown in 1957. Theoretically, that could have just been called ...

However, even though Trippe accepted the concept and Pan Am was the first ... Commercial jets fly no faster today than the Boeing 707 that arrived in 1957. That was a quantum leap but it had ...

Since Fall 2020, he has been restoring the cockpit of a Boeing 707—his favorite airplane—in his barn. Fadis retired from his career as a New York State housing official some five years ago ...

As air traffic ballooned, airlines needed something bigger than the Boeing 707, which was one of the ... Interesting Boeing concept planes like the Sonic Cruiser came and went, and the original ...

The 727 was the second jetliner Boeing built after the 707, and it was intended to fly ... but it was a novel concept for the market in the 1970s. Boeing launched the wide-body jet in 1978 as ...

The concept of what would become the 787 ... changed to 787 in keeping with the 7-series jets that Boeing had been building since the 707. Mulally named Bair to head the 7E7 program.

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.

SEATTLE, June 16 (Reuters) - Boeing Co could embrace new engine technology for its next new airplane program, vital to fending off arch-rival Airbus SE (AIR.PA), opens new tab in a lucrative slice ...