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707 Manufacturing, Renton
707 Manufacturing, Renton 
First 707 in Factory
First 707 in Factory 
Early 707 Manufacturing, Wing Assembly
Early 707 Manufacturing, Wing Assembly 
707-120 Engine Maintenance at Renton
707-120 Engine Maintenance at Renton
Early 707 Manufacturing
Early 707 Manufacturing 
Early 707 Manufacturing, Nose Section
Early 707 Manufacturing, Nose Section 
First 707 Manufacturing
First 707 Manufacturing 
First 707 Manufacturing
First 707 Manufacturing 
Early 707 Manufacturing
Early 707 Manufacturing 
Wing Manufacturing Line for KC-135 and 707
Wing Manufacturing Line for KC-135 and 707 
First 707 Manufacturing, Center Section
First 707 Manufacturing, Center Section 
First 707 in Factory
First 707 in Factory 
707 Production, Machine Shop
707 Production, Machine Shop 
707 Tail Section Manufacturing
707 Tail Section Manufacturing 
Early 707 Manufacturing, Fuselage and Wing Mating
Early 707 Manufacturing, Fuselage and Wing Mating 
707-320 Rollout
707-320 Rollout 
Ryan Built Tail Section, Early 707 Manufacturing
Ryan Built Tail Section, Early 707 Manufacturing 
Early 707 Manufacturing, Fuselage and Wing Mating
Early 707 Manufacturing, Fuselage and Wing Mating 
First 707 Engine Installation
First 707 Engine Installation 
First 707 Engine Installation
First 707 Engine Installation 
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707 Production in Renton Manufacturing Building

After the Air Force agreed to let Boeing build commercial jets based on the prototype 367-80, already the basis for the KC-135 military tanker, airlines began to order the 707, the commercial transport variant of the Dash 80. The 707 and the KC-135 had many features in common. Both were visually distinct, with a stinger antenna pointing forward from the top of their vertical fin. The 707's width and 100-foot length made it the largest passenger cabin in the air at the time. Placement of its more than 100 windows allowed airlines to rearrange seats. Location of passenger doors on the left side, at the front and at the rear of the cabin, became standard for subsequent Boeing jets. The exteriors of the 707 and its competitor, the DC-8, were almost identical, but the 707 wing had more sweepback, so it could fly about 20 mph faster. 
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Unique identifier BI211440 
Boeing ID p19815 
Type Image 
Size 5100px × 3950px   19MB 
License type RM 
Keywords
1950s
abundance
airplanes
commercial
commercial passenger planes
factories
fuselages
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ground shots
hangars
interiors
jets
left side views
manufacturing
monoplanes
nobody
nose sections
out of production
perspective lines
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repetition
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structural systems
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