Boeing 707

what is it?

The Boeing 707 is an early American long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, the initial 707-120 first flew on December 20, 1957. Pan Am, the launch customer, began regular service with the 707 on October 26, 1958.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 jet engines · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 44.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 730 km/htop speed
• range 5,400 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 194passengers
• size 151.3 tmax take-off weight
• built 1,010made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 69 years ago, in 1957.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 44.4 m: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 25 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 5,400 km: 30× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1957-12-20

introduced

1958

number built

1,010

role

narrow-body airliner

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

engines

4× Pratt & Whitney JT3D-7

crew

3

passengers

194

length

46.6 m

wingspan

44.4 m

height

12.8 m

max take-off weight

151.3 t

top speed

730 km/h

range

5,400 km

ceiling

12,802 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

B703

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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