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.

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 ...

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 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.