On October 28, 1957, the first production Boeing 707 jet-powered commercial airliner, serial number 17586 (Line Number 1), was rolled out at the Boeing aircraft assembly plant at Renton, Washington.

Most modern-day jet-powered passenger planes owe their existence to the 707. The spirit of the design pioneered by the Boeing 707 is still in use today, more than 60 years since it first burst ...

Since Fall 2020, he has been restoring the cockpit of a Boeing 707—his favorite airplane—in his barn. Fadis retired from his career as a New York State housing official some five years ago ...

A Greek Cypriot purchased the legendary Aristotle Onassis aircrafts of Olympic Airways before they were destined for the ...

AD 2008-04-11 R1, Amendment 39-16147 (74 FR 68505, December 28, 2009) (“AD 2008-04-11 R1”), applies to all The Boeing Company Model 707 airplanes, and Model 720 and 720B series airplanes. AD ...

The Boeing 367-80 or Dash 80, was a prototype, which was developed into the 707 airliner that would go on to revolutionize commercial air travel. In the 1950s Boeing began looking into creating a ...

American Airlines, 1968. In October 1958, a Boeing 707 airplane—the first commercially widespread jetliner—took off from New York en route to Paris, and with it launched the Jet Age.

That goes back to Boeing's very first commercial jet, the 707 (pictured), first flown in 1957. Theoretically, that could have just been called the 700, but Boeing stuck a "7" on the end instead.