Boeing 707

E21610

commercial airliner narrow-body jet airliner

The Boeing 707 is a pioneering American jet airliner introduced in the late 1950s that helped usher in the modern era of commercial jet travel.

Aliases (6)

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial airliner → narrow-body jet airliner →
aircraftType	jet-powered →
category	1950s aircraft → Boeing airliners → four-engine jet aircraft →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
crew	3 →
cruiseSpeed	977 km/h →
designedBy	Boeing →
developedFrom	Boeing 367-80 →
developedInto	Boeing 720 → Boeing E-3 Sentry → Boeing E-6 Mercury →
engineType	turbofan → turbojet →
enteredServiceDate	1958-10-26 →
enteredServiceWith	Pan American World Airways →
firstFlight	1957-12-20 →
firstOperator	Pan American World Airways →
fuselageType	narrow-body →
height	12.93 m →
historicalSignificance	helped usher in the Jet Age → pioneering jet airliner →
ICAODesignator	B707 →
introduced	1958 →
length	46.61 m →
manufacturer	Boeing → Boeing Commercial Airplanes →
marketedAs	Jet Stratoliner →
maximumSpeed	1000 km/h →
maximumTakeoffWeight	151000 kg →
notableOperator	Air France → British Overseas Airways Corporation → El Al → Iberia → Lufthansa → Qantas → Trans World Airlines → Varig →
numberBuilt	865 →
numberOfEngines	4 →
primaryRole	passenger transport →
productionEnd	1979 →
productionStart	1958 →
range	5000 nautical miles →
relatedTo	Boeing 720 → Boeing E-3 Sentry → Boeing E-6 Mercury →
secondaryRole	aerial refueling → airborne early warning → cargo transport → military transport →
serviceCeiling	35000 ft → 42000 ft →
status	limitedService → outOfProduction →
tailConfiguration	conventional tail →
typicalPassengerCapacity	140 → 189 →
usedAs	U.S. presidential aircraft →
usedBy	United States Air Force → multiple civilian airlines worldwide →
wingConfiguration	low-wing →
wingspan	44.42 m →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
E-3 Sentry → E-3F Sentry ("Boeing 707 airframe") →	basedOn
Boeing 707 ("Boeing 367-80") → Boeing 727 →	developedFrom
Boeing → Boeing ("Boeing 707 jet airliner") →	notableProduct
SAM 27000 →	aircraftType
E-3 Sentry ("Boeing 707-320") →	airframe
Pratt & Whitney →	developedForAircraft
Kangaroo Route between Australia and the United Kingdom →	historicallyUsedAircraft
Boeing 707 ("B707") →	ICAODesignator
Boeing 707 ("Jet Stratoliner") →	marketedAs
Pan American World Airways →	operatedAircraft