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                                   A SALUTE AND TRIBUTE
          THE BOEING 707
...America's first. And finest.

Pictured above is the Boeing 707-300 Intercontinental model, a third generation from the original 707-100
series. This airplane is on a test flight after final assembly and was destined for service with BOAC (now known as British Airways). The Intercontinental version was the most prolific of the 707 models.

The Boeing Model 367-80

Contrary to popular belief, the Boeing Model 367-80
(or "Dash Eighty, as it is known to airliner buffs) is
not a 707. The Dash Eighty is a "one of" demonstrator
airplane, to prove the structural integrity and design
of Boeing's first jet transport aircraft. Boeing had
prior experience building the B-47 jet bomber for the
U.S. Air Force, and the Dash 80 was originally
intended as an inflight refueling demonstrator to sell
to the Air Force later on as the KC-135. The 707 was
derived from the basic Dash 80 design and form but
with so many changes, the 707 was almost a completely
different airplane: the fuselage on the 707 was wider
and longer; it had a different wing; and operational
parameters were different. After the Dash 80 had

The Boeing 367-80 on the ramp at Boeing Field

helped Boeing to convince the Air Force that the KC-135 was the inflight tanker for their needs, and also to
market the 707 around the globe to the world's airlines (and in the process, establish Boeing as a world leader
in aerospace technology, where they remain today), the Dash 80 became a flying testbed for possible future
aircraft designs. At one point, the Dash 80 was the only five engined jet transport in the world when Boeing
engineers mounted a Pratt&Whitney JT-8D turbofan engine on the rear fuselage area to test engine
placement for the new Boeing 727 design. Another time, huge flaps were added to her wings to test a design
theory of "outer boundary blown flaps (when wing flaps extended uncommanded to the full down position)".
Test pilot A.M. "Tex" Johnston even performed a chandelle manuever (a barrel roll) over a boat show on
Lake Washington, with Bill Allen, the President of Boeing, watching, horrified. The Dash 80 truly has a
place in the annals of American aviation history and is now owned by the National Air and Space Museum.
The airplane is stored at Boeing Field in Seattle.

An unusual picture of the front end of a 707-300 Intercontinental model, showing the clean graceful lines
of this remarkable aircraft. This photo is circa 1960s at Boeing Field in Seattle, probably just prior to
delivery of the airplane, to Air France.

Another really interesting picture. This is actually not a 707, but a 720. The 720 was almost identical to the
707 with minor changes. It was a smaller airplane intended for medium capacity domestic operations. This
American Airlines 720B is at Edwards Air Force Base during certification tests.

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