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The Selling of the 707 (Fortune, 1957)
Great reprint from 54 years ago: America's first jet transport—the Boeing 707—will soon roll down the runway. For Boeing, the nation's top producer of bombers, the huge plane marks a new bid for leadership in a field long dominated by Douglas. (features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Re. My 1960 Christmas eve flight Honolulu-Sydney, Quantas required refuel in Fiji. Interesting.
Iremember 1in 1962 as a kid, wishing we could get on one as they were all the rage, but coming back from Germany we wound up on a Seaboard Airline 4 engine turbo prop of some kind, droning all nite long from Frankfurt to McGuire/Ft Dix, NJ, stopping in Shannon for a meal and refuel, then going on. Sad to stand there at Frankfurt and watch them take off and have to ride that POS all the way back to the states.
I June of 1959 my wife and I flew from New York to London on a Pan Am 707. Due to headwinds we had to make an unscheduled stop in Shanon to refuel.
You can take a shot at reliving the experience by taking one of the 757 westbound transatlantic services on windy day.
In that route the prevailing winds are tailwinds when flying from New York to London. I suspect that the unscheduled landing was due to excessive fuel consumption on those early engines. The 707 did not meet its range predictions at first.
That was one reason that Pan Am did not fly it in their Pacific routes and instead scheduled their DC-8's.
Hope my memory of those days serves me well....
That was one reason that Pan Am did not fly it in their Pacific routes and instead scheduled their DC-8's.
Hope my memory of those days serves me well....
Best looking aircraft ever produced by Boeing. My first flight, 1960, Qantas, Honolulu-Sydney. (F.Y.I. - Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service). Passengers wore suits and dresses when flying. A far cry from today.