The Boeing 707 design also served as the basis for several generations of the United States presidential aircraft. Early versions of Air Force One were built on the VC-137 platform, a modified 707 ...

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

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 ...

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The De Havilland Comet’s first flight in 1952 marked the dawn of the jet-airliner era and transformed commercial aviation.

On July 4, 1914, William Boeing, along with his friend George Conrad Westervelt, took their very first plane ride. It was in a Curtiss seaplane helmed by Terah Maroney, a barnstorming young pilot who ...

The E-3 Sentry is afflicted by acute parts and maintenance issues as the Boeing 707 aircraft it is based on ceased production 30 years ago. Nearly three months after the fuselage of the U.S. Air Force ...