According to Fadis, the first flight of Boeing 707-436 was on November 29, 1960. It was delivered to BOAC on December 22 of that same year, and it was one of 37 that were equipped with Rolls Royce ...

On this day in aviation history, December 20, 1957, the first production Boeing 707 made its maiden flight over Seattle. The 707 would revolutionize the airline industry and become one of the most ...

Flying in pretty much every major conflict ... The AWACS uses a positively ancient airframe, the Boeing 707, which first flew in 1957 and no longer even flies commercially. That means parts ...

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 ...

“Flight crews looked like rock stars when they ... the first operator of the Boeing 707 and 747 and the industry leader on transoceanic routes at the time. “My job with Pan Am was an adventure ...

high-flying Boeing B-52 bombers that had been flying since 1952. This potential market made the Boeing 707 bet seem not so crazy after all. Boeing CEO William M. “Bill” Allen spoke at the ...