Your browser does not support this video.Permalink: http://www.boeingimages.com/archive/Boeing-Model-367-80--the--Dash-80--2JRSXLJLWH20.htmlCopyright © Boeing. All Rights Reserved.View Photo/Video onlyConceptually similarBoeing Model 367-80 In Flight367-80 Aerial Refueling TestsBoeing 367-80 Refueling B-47 StratojetBoeing Model 367-80 "Dash 80" Rollout and Pre-Flight TestingBoeing 707 B-rollKC-135 Flight Testing in the 1950sVC-137A on TarmacBoeing 707 First Flight- Post FlightKC-135 Stratotanker Rollout and First Flight, 1956View AllBoeing Model 367-80, the "Dash 80"Select usageWhat Type of Order?Usage:Taking one of the greatest risks in business history, then Boeing President William Allen gave the go-ahead to invest $13 million of the company's own money on developing a jet transport prototype. With no orders or customer commitments, Boeing spent the equivalent of all its post-World War II profit to develop the Dash 80. Explaining that decision in 1954, then company President Bill Allen simply said it was time somebody "got jet transport off of paper and into the air." The Model 367-80 airplane demonstrated the advantages jet engines offered over propeller-driven engines, and propelled commercial aviation into the jet age. The Dash 80 was able to win over both the U.S. Air Force and the airlines, leading to the KC-135 Stratotanker and the world's first successful commercial jet transport, the 707.BI44994 (BIV_367-80_01)Maximum size:1920px × 1080px (~142 MB)License type:Rights ManagedDuration:37sKeywords:1950s-707 family-air to air-airplanes-Boeing-Boeing livery-commercial-commercial passenger planes-Dash 80 (Model 367-80)-day-flying-full body views-ground shots-hangars-historic production status-historic significance-jets-left side views-monoplanes-one of a kind aircraft-prototypesRelated Photo/Videos:View AllRelated Virtual folders:Boeing Model 367-80