On this day in aviation history, December 20, 1957, the first production Boeing 707 made its maiden flight over Seattle. The 707 would revolutionize the airline industry and become one of the most ...

1954: The Boeing 367-80 makes its first flight from Renton Field southeast of Seattle. The jet-powered airliner will become the Boeing 707 and usher in the jet age for passenger travel.

Boeingcelebrated the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the 707 jetliner onThursday, Dec. 20. The 707 isnot to be confused with the earlier Model 367-80, the "Dash 80" thatBoeing intended as ...

and Pan Am operated the first commercial flight on October 26, 1958, when its Boeing 707 named "Clipper America" took off from New York's Idlewild Airport, and landed at Paris Le Bourget Airport 8 ...

According to Fadis, the first flight of Boeing 707-436 was on November 29, 1960. It was delivered to BOAC on December 22 of that same year, and it was one of 37 that were equipped with Rolls Royce ...

When the Flyer of the Wright Brothers leapt off the ground at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in December 1903, they never imagined that in just a few (relatively) short decades, their one-person ...