Talk:Boeing 707
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[edit] Mirror site?
Who is copying whose articles? This article bears an uncanny resemblance to the following external website:
http://www.gizmohighway.com/transport/boeing_707.htm
[edit] Tex Johnston=
I'd add Tex Johnston piloted th -80 on her 1st flight (& the date, if I could recall...). I'd also point out the C-135 was converted as the narrow-body 717 (N a success; later 720?). Trekphiler 08:14, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] First!!
it was the first to be commercially successful
- I think it's America-centric POV. See Tupolev Tu-104. --ajvol 09:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
When a government-owned airline procures aircraft from a government-owned factory at the behest of the government, which also forces its client governments to buy the aircraft for their government-owned airlines, and (according to the Tupolev Tu-104 article) ONLY 200 aircraft were sold, that's not commercialism, that's Communism. Hardly counts as a "commercially successful".
By the way, the the 707 sold over 1000 to civil customers. It was used not only by the major US airlines, but by Air France, BOAC, Lufthansa, and other European (even national) airlines. Perhaps we should rephrase it to say that the 707 was a "capitalist pig success"? - BillCJ 19:02, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] October 19, 1959, Seattle Washington Boeing N7071
Let me introduce myself...I am the son of George C. Hagen. He was on the fatal flight on this day attempting to recover from the loos of three of the turbo jet ripped from a violent "recovery manuver".
He was hired on and flew that fatal test flight with Braniff pilot. I have for years wondered how an "unauthorized manuver" on test flight would be allowed.
I would like to know more first hand about any survivors from this accident as their are probably family survivors of those who perished on that day.
[edit] "Intercontinental"
When the 707 was introduced, Boeing had no intention of it being used to cross the North Atlantic. The airlines were willing to risk it, even if it meant a stop mid-way, such as the Azores or Goose Bay. The 707-320 was desigend to have the range to cross the Atlantic safely, and was called the "Intercontinental" by Boeing (as explained already in the text). But not the 707 as a whole. - BillCJ 19:02, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
