The ever-rising price increases of all commodities has laid a heavy burden on the ordinary consumer whose income doesn’t ...

Dwight D Eisenhower had a custom C-121 which was a militarized version ... Eisenhower flew on a Boeing 707 Stratoliner that had 40 passenger seats, a conference room, stateroom and a ...

The first model of this new phase, the Boeing 707, was initially called 700, but the marketing department opted for “707” because it sounded more striking and appealing. The success of the 707 ...

Boeing 707 was the first successful commercial jetliner. The mid-to-long range jet manufactured by Boeing Company created ripples across the commercial aviation market. It entered commercial service ...

Hunting Down Africa's Last Boeing 707 on Air Tanzania This is a comprehensive Flight Review of Air Tanzania. Class: Business Route: Dar Es Salam (DAR) to Entebbe (EBB) via Kilimanjaro (JRO ...

Eisenhower initially flew in two Lockheed (C-121) Constellations nicknamed Columbine ... before moving onto the more widely recognized Boeing 707 model. Lockheed VC-121E “Columbine III ...

The Boeing 707 was not the first or even the second jetliner ... By the mid-1960s, the USAF needed to replace the propeller-driven EC-121 Warning Star for early warning and command duties.

The Convair 990 Coronado was a stretched version of the Convair 880, with a longer fuselage that increased passenger capacity to between 96 and 121, although still fewer than the Boeing 707 and ...

Pan Am had been the launch customer for the Boeing 707 in 1955 after placing an order for 20. The aircraft would usher in the jet age and become synonymous with the airline. The first to be delivered ...

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

The aircraft serves a critical purpose.