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.

The 707 isnot to be confused with the earlier Model 367-80, the "Dash 80" thatBoeing intended as a prototype for a U.S. military program competition andwhich ultimately was the aircraft from which ...

In 1955, Boeing invited airlines to witness, what they described, as history in the making. A new type of passenger plane, its like never seen before. But instead of a simple tour and fly by, the test ...

As mighty as the E-3 AWACS once was, it has started to show its age. The aircraft are decades old, parts for its archaic Boeing 707 airframe are getting harder to come by, and worst of all, its ...

While the 16 JSTARS aircraft in service have been useful in most of America's 21st-century conflicts, the 707 airframes they are based on are not getting any younger. The last commercial 707 was ...

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 ...

NBC 6’s Willard Shepard reports. Actor John Travolta brought his big 707 plane to the Commercial Jet repair facility at Miami International Airport – and only got it back after a legal battle.