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. This was the company ...

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.

In the 1940s, if you were in a hurry and needed to travel across the continental United States, the fastest option was to hop inside one of the many propeller-driven planes of that era. The ...

A team from Qantas restoring a Boeing 707-100 prototype it plans to exhibit at its Outback aviation museum performed its first full power engine last week, paving the way for an expected historic ...

Boeing had a more unconventional idea, which it first tested in its Dash 80 prototype and incorporated into the 707: It slung the engine pods beneath the wing. By doing this, the pylons guided the ...

Boeingcelebrated the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the 707 jetliner onThursday, Dec. 20. The 707 isnot to be confused with the earlier Model 367-80, the "Dash 80" thatBoeing intended as ...

The restoration Qantas Boeing 707-100 prototype left Southend airport in the UK this morning for its first flight on a 20,000km (10,800nm) voyage to the airline's heritage museum. The aircraft (VH ...

It took Boeing over two years to develop the first prototype of what would go on to become the Boeing 707. The company called this plane the Boeing 367-80 (also called "Dash 80"), and the first ...