France’s final Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker made its ceremonial pass over Airbase 125 in Istres on June 30, 2025, marking the ...

While Concordes operated by British Airways and Air France became the airplane of choice for trans-Atlantic travel – albeit ...

With the tragic accident of Air India Flight 171 at Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, the focus has fallen on safety and ...

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That goes back to Boeing's very first commercial jet, the 707 (pictured), first flown in 1957. Theoretically, that could have just been called the 700, but Boeing stuck a "7" on the end instead.

Understand why Boeing adopted the number 7 in its airplanes (Instagram @boeing) The tradition of Boeing airplanes having names that start and end with the number 7 began in the 1950s when the company ...

Hunting Down Africa's Last Boeing 707 on Air Tanzania This is a comprehensive Flight Review of Air Tanzania. Class: Business Route: Dar Es Salam (DAR) to Entebbe (EBB) via Kilimanjaro (JRO) Plane ...

The Boeing 747-300 was introduced in 1983 and had the shortest life of all Boeing 747 iterations as its successor — the Boeing 747-400 was announced just two years later, in 1985.

Footage from inside an Israeli Air Force KC-707 Re’em tanker aircraft was recently published on the official IDF Instagram page, providing a rare tour of the aircraft. The IDF (Israeli Defense ...

A massive difference in size between the 707 and 747. Photo: National Air and Space Museum Variants Pan Am would operate both the -100 and the larger -300 models, the latter introduced in 1959. Its ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1957, the original 707-120, developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes as its first jetliner, performed its maiden flight. Boeing derived the 707-120 from the Boeing 367-80 prototype ...