The Boeing 707 revolutionised air travel and kicked the jet age into top gear. Commercial flight today owes it everything, Jonathan Glancey writes. Whenever Frank Sinatra sang “Come fly with me ...

The lineup included everything from Boeing's 707 that revolutionized the jet age when it debuted in the 1950s to the state-of-the art 787 Dreamliner that entered commercial service in 2012.

Pan American World Airways placed the first 707 order, for 20 of the jets, on Oct. 14, 1955. But it also ordered 25 competing Douglas DC-8s. Boeing delivered the first 707 on Aug. 15, 1958 ...

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 ...

pulled an impressive stunt in the prototype of the Boeing 707. This was the company’s entry into the commercial jet age. But that afternoon, over Lake Washington, with a crowd of 250,000 ...