It took Boeing over two years to develop the first prototype of what would go on to become the Boeing 707. The company called this plane the Boeing 367-80 (also called "Dash 80"), and the first ...

1954: The Boeing 367-80 makes its first flight from Renton Field southeast of Seattle. The jet-powered airliner will become the Boeing 707 and usher in the jet age for passenger travel. Boeing was ...

On Friday, May 14, 1954, just after 4 p.m., the “Model 707” prototype – also known as the “Dash 80” – debuted at the Boeing factory in Renton on the shores of Lake Washington.

Friday is 60 years since Tex Johnston’s famous barrel-roll of the Boeing 707 ... Boeing premiered its new 787-9 airplane with a ... it was the next sequence in model numbers. 707 was chosen ...

Early-model Boeing 707s were designated the 707-120, followed by the shortened, longer-range 707-138, the stretched 707-320 and a short-range, smaller iteration, the 707-720, among several others.

Boeing's 727 came about after the successful development and launch of its mid-to long-range 707 model, which made its first flight in December 1957 and began its commercial career in October 1958.

The first production Boeing 707, a 707-120 destined for Pan Am, made its first flight on Dec. 15, 1957. The company's first-ever prototype jet transport, the Model 367-80, had flown for the first ...

The first Boeing 707 variants that went into commercial service bore the model number 707-120. Boeing also made an upgraded variant of the 707-120 and called it the Boeing 707-120B.