720B in Flight

Boeing 720 Prototype at Flight Test

Supersonic Transport (SST) Graphic on Boeing Developmental Center Hangar

720B in Flight Over Waterfront

720B in Flight over Mt. Rainier

720B in Flight Over Mt. Rainier

720B in Flight Past Mt. Rainier

Restored 307 Stratoliner at Boeing Field

720 Rollout

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America entered the era of jet transportation on July 15, 1954, when the Boeing ''Dash 80'' prototype airplane for both the KC-135 military tanker and the Model 707 commercial jet transport made its maiden flight from Renton Field, south of Seattle, Wash. The 144-foot-long Model 707 jet followed the KC-135 Stratotanker into production. On Oct. 26, 1958, Pan American World Airways inaugurated transatlantic 707 jet service between New York and Paris. Boeing custom-designed the 707 jets to meet a variety of airline requirements, including the 9-foot-shorter 720 jet for short to medium routes. The long-range 707-320 intercontinental transport was most ordered and also was modified as the first ''Air Force One'' presidential aircraft, as well as for the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) and the E-6 submarine communications system.

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