The Boeing 707 revolutionised air travel and kicked the jet age into top gear. Commercial flight today owes it everything, Jonathan Glancey writes. Whenever Frank Sinatra sang “Come fly with me, let’s ...

The Guerneville drag queen, the Fairfield tech commuter and the Del Norte County logger might have nothing in common if they, and about 1.3 million other people, weren’t united by three digits: 707.

TheBoeing 707 represents a turning point in the history of aviation, a moment when air travel began to take on the speed, scale, and accessibility that define it today. Its arrival marked a shift not ...

When you think of an aircraft performing a barrel roll, the first kind of plane that comes to mind is likely a military jet fighter or a small, high-performance aerobatic plane performing at an air ...

In 1952, Britain won the race to put the world's first jet airliner into service by a comfortable margin, but it turned out to be a hollow victory. Disasters, delays, and an unlikely rival from across ...