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

The 707 began as a discussion and some sketches in 1949 when Boeing engineers Ed Wells, George Schairer and John Alexander began thinking about a swept-wing jet airliner.

The last airline to operate a passenger-carrying Boeing 707 was Iran's Saha Air, which flew until 2013. Saha Air's cargo wing continued to operate the Boeing 707 until 2019 when the aircraft was ...

He says he has found a lot of information in copies of Boeing 707 reference manuals from TWA and American Airlines which are for the 707-300 series, and “was able to get information online for ...

El Al Israel Airlines took delivery yesterday of its first Boeing 707 Intercontinental jet airliner in a formal ceremony held at Boeing Field here. Gleaming in the blue and white markings of ...

Pan-Am, the airline forever associated with the 707, ordered 20 707s and, at the very same time, 25 DC-8s. What was holding Boeing back was the fact that the 707 was narrower and slightly smaller ...