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Description
| Manufacturer: | Boeing | |
| Base model: | 707 | |
| Designation: | 707 | |
| Version: | -300 | |
| Basic role: | Commercial Transport | |
Specifications
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Recent comments by our visitors
| poornima , DC | Why was the Boeing 707 named so? 01/20/2002 @ 06:06 [ref: 4135] |
| Kris Tampa, FL | Paraphrased from http://www.airliners.de/seiten/indexe.html:
The Boeing 707 is Boeing's 1st jet-engine-powered airliner. It was originally planned as reflueling aircraft for the US Air Force. The USAF showed interest but didn't have enough money to realize the project. Nevertheless, Boeing decided to build the aircraft on August 30, 1952. The first version (the so-called Dash 80), which cost $16,000,000 to develop, had its roll-out only two years later. Boeing wanted to produce the tanker as fast as possible and already had plans for a passenger version, too. Boeing's and Pan Am's presidents bet which jet powered aircraft would be the 1st to cross the Atlantic: the 707 or the British Comet IV. The Comet won, but finally lost: the Boeing 707 was larger and could fly more economically. With the 707, Boeing confirmed its market leader position by producing 1010 units (just 137 for the launching customer Pan Am). In the '50s and '60s, every large airline in the world orderd the 707 (e.g., American Airlines , Air France, and Lufthansa), who needed the fast jetliner to fly over the Atlantic. The military version of the 707 is called KC-135 or E-3. It flies as a VIP-aircraft for the US government, as AWACS, Stratotankers, transporters, reconnaissance planes, and for NASA. The 707 is a very versatile aircraft and is in service even now as a freighter for cargo airlines, as well as in many army versions. 01/16/2001 @ 11:36 [ref: 1393] |
| Kris Tampa, FL | Some history of the B707 is described at http://www.boeing.com/commercial/707family/index.html 01/16/2001 @ 11:27 [ref: 1392] |
| Liza Banbury Oxfordshire, OTH | Please can you help me?
I'm doing a competition and need to know What uses were the Boeing 707 initially designed for? I would be very grateful if you could help me thanks Liza 09/24/2000 @ 06:25 [ref: 791] |
