The French Air Force operates a fleet of 10 Airbus A330 MRTT tankers (the largest European-built military tanker), 5 Boeing ...

The Boeing 707 is often cited as the aircraft type that made commercial jet aviation so popular around the world. Its long range allowed airlines to operate the type on long routes, such as ...

The 707 was born out of Boeing's efforts to diversify and expand in the new era of jet aircraft. The jet was a resounding success, with 856 units produced and a total of 1,010 aircraft built ...

The United States is still operating aircraft that first flew 70 years ago and plans to keep some of them operating for years ...

When the Boeing 707 first flew commercially for Pan American World Airways in 1958, it flew at about 550 miles per hour. Today’s most popular aircraft, the Airbus A320 and the Boeing 737 ...

Iconic Boeing aircraft ranged from the stylish Boeing 314 ... legendary jetliners for more than 60 years, from the Boeing 707 transatlantic pioneer to the distinctive 747, the jumbo jet with ...

but unless you happen to be an aircraft enthusiast, you’d be forgiven for thinking the latest Airbus model looks more or less the same as the Boeing 707 that ushered in the Jet Age. But that ...

Four Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5 turbofans with thrust reversers The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a militarized version of the Boeing 707 commercial airliner which is used to verify compliance of the ...

“Every 25 years a big moon shot … and then produce a 707 or a 787 ... culture that Commercial Airplanes CEO Alan Mulally created in the 1990s to develop Boeing’s last successful airplane ...

The RC-135S is a militarized Boeing 707 civilian airliner and is equipped with a sophisticated array of optical and electronic sensors, recording media, and communications equipment, is a national ...

Still Boeing's largest passenger aircraft to this day ... Airlines had gotten a taste of the jet age with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 and wanted more so they could fly passengers further ...

In 1957, Boeing changed the game with its first jet-powered airliner, the 707. In 1969, Boeing turned the airline industry upside down with the introduction of the 747 jumbo jet. In 1994 ...