The Boeing 707 revolutionised air travel and kicked the jet age into top gear. Commercial flight today owes it everything, Jonathan Glancey writes. Whenever Frank Sinatra sang “Come fly with me, let’s ...

The 707 became a catalyst for change in both industry and culture. It inspired confidence in jet-powered travel and ...

When you think of an aircraft performing a barrel roll, the first kind of plane that comes to mind is likely a military jet fighter or a small, high-performance aerobatic plane performing at an air ...

Retired New York official and lifelong aviation enthusiast Peter Fadis is meticulously restoring the cockpit of a historically significant Boeing 707 in his barn as a retirement project. The cockpit ...

In 1952, Britain won the race to put the world's first jet airliner into service by a comfortable margin, but it turned out to be a hollow victory. Disasters, delays, and an unlikely rival from across ...

In the 1940s, if you were in a hurry and needed to travel across the continental United States, the fastest option was to hop inside one of the many propeller-driven planes of that era. The Douglas ...

The role of Boeing's 707 in modern commercial aviation simply cannot be overstated. It was the first successful jet airliner outside of the Soviet Union, and by 1955, more Americans were traveling by ...