News broke on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 that, according to the Associated Press, “Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving ...

The 707 transformed air travel from the world of low-flying and propeller aircraft into one defined by speed, altitude, and ...

Before the gleaming 747s that now ferry U.S. presidents across oceans, there was a smaller, sleeker jet that carried the weight of the free world. The last Boeing 707 to serve as a primary Air Force ...

The 707 would revolutionize the airline industry and become one of the most successful jet airliners in aviation history, [...] ...

“Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World” (Avery, $27), by Sam Howe Verhovek: The years immediately following Britain’s victory in World War II were unkind to the island nation.

A Boeing 707 jet used as Air Force One by five presidents will be retired and donated to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley next month. The military’s decision was influenced by the ...

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 Israel’s ...

As it soared close to Japan’s Mount Fuji on a cloudless day in March 1966, a BOAC 707 jet was suddenly battered by tremendous gusts of wind that broke it apart. All 124 persons aboard were killed.