The Qantas 707-138 was flown back to Australia by John Travolta himself. Even his late wife Kelly Preston dressed up as a stewardess for the occasion. He flew it to Australia where Qantas took possession of it and put it on display in their museum. It is a special Qantas - only model built for them by Boeing. It is a short fuselage / long range model. Thank you for this video and a medal to those museums that chose to keep the whole aircraft for display.
As much as I've come to dislike the guy for various reasons, I do still think it's cool how much he likes flying and has devoted to it. He's done what I would if I had unlimited funds😂
I know he had flown it to Australia in the past, but my sources say it's in Brunswick Georgia getting refitted and re-certified. If you can show me something newer that says something different, i can add this plane to the next video.
The intention is to fly it to the HARS museum south of Sydney. There have been significant financial cost blowouts in getting it airworthy. It has been donated, and John Travolta is hoping to fly it in when it is airworthy. It is hard to get information on this, it’s a pity the museum doesn’t keep us a little bit more updated.
Not much else you can do in such a case unless you happen to have a friend with a great broadcast voice who would think it would be kinda fun to do a couple of times, plus they would have an excellent audition recording ready to go… meanwhile, don’t dismiss nasal lovage … Neti-pot, douche bag, whatever; I know, it’s gross, but hey … there is a mucus solvent called Alky-sol (I think), some people swear by warm saline solution, (don’t use chlorinated tap water, it burns … use distilled or bottled water) there are pre-measured packets you can get. It works. Also, don’t forget just plain saline mist spray, OTC decongestant spray, and good ole Sudafed. We used to be stage performers, and a couple of times my wife had to resort to a cortisone shot, just to keep her voice for one more weekend. Just some suggestions accumulated over a couple of decades of performance experience long ago that might help. Good luck, take care of yourself, stay hydrated, and get some form of vitamin C in you every day! Thanks for the video; I LOVE the 707 … came out the same year I did…(1959) … LOL
I've flown in 707's in the 1960's. Frankly I'd rather fly from NY to Frankfurt in a 707 that a current 737. Tex Johnson did a demo flight for Airline executives where he did a 360 deg ROLL to show it's strength! What a plane!!!
Don't forget about the USAF VC-137B SAM 970 (originally a 707-120), aka Air Force One during the 60's, 70's & 80's, located at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. It is displayed outdoors under cover and you can walk through it. Another former Air Force One VC-137B, SAM 27000, is displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA. It is displayed indoors on an elevated stand.
I think that was a problem with my source info. It wasn’t counting all of the Converted VC-137’s as 707s, even if it did count the one in Georgia that started as a 707, became a VC-137 and then became an E-8 J star
@@Fuzzypattyg Actually, there are/were two Air Force Ones displayed in the Presidential Aircraft hangar. One was JFK's 707, and the other was Truman's DC-6 (Bess).
What a fantastic video !! I’ve been very lucky to visit the museum in Santiago, Chile and Cradle of Aviation. So nice to see these photos of Pan American as my Dad worked for them for 31 years. Love your Channel !!!
Just out of high school, I worked at the Renton Washington Boeing plant on the 707 wing line. The crew I was on built the part of the wing from fuselage to second engine (the rest was wing tip). As a kid, I still remember the barrel roll performed by Tex Johnson, chief test pilot for Boeing at the time) during the Seafair Hydroplane Races on Lake Washington. There is vid of it. Quite spectacular!
And let's not forget Boeing taking the nose section from the DC10 and just sticking it on the front of the C-17 to save money they just added a couple of windows near the bottom
Dominican Republic also had a 707 in his Fleet Dominicana de Aviacion flew from 1984 till 1994 it was sent to MIA for overhaul and never came back to the Island...
Fantastic video! Didn't have any problems that other posters mentioned. Maybe because I have sinus problems and have also heard my recorded voice played back to me (honestly it's weird, bone conduction, look it up).
What about the 707-320B airliner, serial number 62-6000 that is on display at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton Ohio? This is a very historic 707 that was used as Air Force 1 for many years. This is the plane that brought Kennedy's casket back from Dallas.
Former Tracor employee. I saw several of these aircraft in this video had our hush kit on them. Everyone so equipped I would bet I have have put hands on ❤ I am 65 now, I was in my 20s in Goleta working on 707s. Later went to LAX and Continental.
Do you remember about a 707 reg. N729Q ? I think she was part of the Tracor-Shsnnon company. That airplane was in service in our PLUNA fleet. I was a flight dispatcher at that time.
I was in the Boy Scouts in 6th grade and in 1965 there was an air show at Windsor Locks. The Boy Scouts provided security around the airplanes. My job was to watch over a Bearcat.
My mother worked as a FA for Southern Cross Airlines in the 1970s. When I checked up the Airline online, they had one Airplane, this one. Surprised to see that it still exists in some form.
Ok, Not that I am doubting you, but just looked at the New England Air Museum website and thet don't mention any pieces of Boeing 707s. DO you happen to know the registration number?
My absolute favourite aircraft, having had a flight on an Aer Lingus one in 1972. A friend of mine is a retired Aer Lingus flight engineer. He was part of the crew who flew a 707 to Saudi in 1984, where it had been purchased by an airline there. The crew came back on a prearranged flight. Upon returning to Dublin, my friend and his colleagues were informed the new owners had decided to take the 707 on a test flight just after they'd left, and crashed it on takeoff, writing it off. The Saudi crew escaped with injuries, the poor old Boeing killed before the Irish crew got home! It was probably the very one I flew on in '72.
Saw one years ago in Tucson Arizona Russian Registration Guess the KC-135's are a different category I still see them occasionally as we live not too far from an Air Force Base!
My best memories of the 707 was witnessing the Air Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 ones perform low pass fly-bys live as part of the Mashonaland Flying Club Air Shows in 1993 and 1995. My last flight on a 707 was on Air Zim in August 1993 from Harare to Lilongwe, Malawi.
The Air Force 1 Boeing 707 that President John F. Kennedy and later presidents used is in the National Museum of the United States Air Force located at the Wright Patterson Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio. Thank you for this video.
Boeing E-8C JSTARS 00-2000 arrived at the MoA at Robins AFB, GA this past summer. I was also there when it arrived and was towed down highway 247 lol They did it during the early morning on a sunday in July. It got hot really freaking fast. Surprisingly, it only took about 3 hours for it to be towed down the road from the flightline to the museum and up the highway on ramp near the museum so that it could enter through a side gate on the museum's northern side. It joins another 707, a strategic flying command center that has been at the museum far longer. Both aircraft sit on the museum grounds. The command center is expected to be repainted in the near future. The JSTARS is currently being put back together from its move and will be outfitted for touring in the near future. They have a/c systems that they plan to install to allow visitors to walk inside the aircraft and view the interior. The ETA is undetermined at this time, however.
I live in a condo on the approach to Dobbins AFB. Every few months it would do touch and go training. You could hear it coming from miles away which gave me enough time to get to the window and watch it roar overhead. Sad that I won’t see it anymore. At least the C-130’s still practice.
I was wondering about that one. I was covering the history of teh EC-135 you mentioned and I looked at the grounds of the museum, and didn't see the E-8. I was wondering if I had gotten that wrong. At least someone saw it moved there. Thank you.
lol, nemesis. I like it. The thought of a DC-8 video had occurred to me. Might be a month or two before I swing back on that one. It would fit with the Comet and 707 videos
And don't forget the VC10 in that comparison even though it had it's engines on the rear it still had the same single aisle and 6 abreast seating as the 707 and DC 8
@@ronparrish6666 that would be a good video too. Mostly right now I am sticking with the "First" generation airliners, but I think the VC10 fits that category
I realize that this video refers to the “707”, if you include the “720” there is a 720B preserved at Trenton, Ontario, Canada. This aircraft is C-FETB which started her career with American Airlines (N7538A) and also flew with Middle East Airlines (OD-AFQ). Thank you for posting this video.
I have found that not including off shoots like the 720, and most of those that got converted to USAF airplanes kept my video from getting too long for my computer to handle. May have to make a part 2 for this video
My father flew that aircraft when it was a testbed for Pratt & Whitney. They called her "Big Red". It sat on the tarmac of Beirut for several years before Pratt bought it and it had to be inspected for explosives before being flown to England for modification. It was capable of having a test turboprop on the nose or a turbofan on the starboard side just back of the cockpit. One of its main engines was replaced for the development of the V-2500. If you look at the mid fuselage you will see a 'load bank' used to dissipate the excess energy when the generators were stress tested.
There are still 707 AWACS planes of the USAF that occasionally fly into Tulsa International Airport. I think KC-135s are also an air force version of the 707. Who knows for how much longer though.
The 707-138 was actually a LONG range version with a shorter fuselage but standard fuel tanks to permit transpacific operations. More efficient engines in the later versions reduced the number of stops from two (Fiji and Hawaii) to one (Hawaii) with the 747SP version built specifically for QANTAS permitting nonstop flights from Sydney and Brisbane to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
A few clarifications and comments about this fabulous aircraft. The short fuselage 707-138 was designed for Qantas specifically to enable transpacific operations with a viable payload utilising the short runway at Nandi in Fiji. In that respect they were also fitted with a revised slat design to give increased lift and were permitted to operate the Pratt and Whitney engines at a higher thrust setting when taking off at Nandi. The 707-138 located at the Qantas founders Museum in Longreach has no connection with John Travolta. It was the first one delivered to Qantas in 1959 as VH-EBA and named The City of Canberra. It was found derelict at Southend Airport in the UK and, restored to flying condition by a team of retired Qantas engineers and flown back to Australia in 2006. This great story was the subject of a documentary calledIndeed John Travolta owns an ex Qantas 707-138, painted in period Qantas livery, which on occasion he has flown to Australia and which is in the process of being transferred to the Historical Aircraft Museum located at Albion Park South of Sydney. This museum is also the home of a non Qantas Super Constellation in flying condition and the first Qantas 747 400 which famously flew non stop from London to Sydney in 1989. Qantas was the first non North American airline to operate the 707. The 747SP was not designed specifically for Qantas. I think Pan Am were the instigator of the SP to enable non stop New York Tokyo flights. Qantas purchased two SP’s and ironically a major part of their rationale was to enable operations in and out of Christchurch in New Zealand which was one of their shortest sectors. At that time the Qantas fleet was 100% 747’s which were too big for the windy city. Elvis owned a Convair 880 not a 707
The last 707 version ever built are the 18 that were ordered by the US NAVY 16 were purchased and designated the E6-A and are currently on active duty performing the TACAMO/ looking glass mission from Tinker AFB Oklahoma. The last two produced and not turned over to the Navy were sold off and are somewhere around the country still in use as well.
There is one Ex-Qantas Boeing 707 as well as a super constellation, DC3 & Boeing 747-200 at the Qantas Museum in Longreach. Its a small regional town in the Australian outback and is where Qantas came from. To think that it was just a small airline serving Regional Air Mail to becoming Australia's signature carrier is truly incredible. Its actually sad to see the state its being in since the pandemic though. It is expensive to fly out there and are limited flights so we went on a Caravan trip because their were also a lot of other museums there. In Longreach, Winton, Ifracombe areas there are a lot of great museums, some about aviation and some about old types of machinery. I am 15 and am an Aviation enthuist. Unlike others my age, though, I also like going to Museums. I am fascinated with history and just how some of these inventions worked.
I thought the Longreach location seemed a bit out of the way. Glad to see I wasn’t crazy in that thought. Maybe when the John Travolta 707 finally makes it back to Australia, they’ll set up somewhere easier to get to
@@AirlinerHistory The Travolta 707 is coming to the HARS Museum at Shellharbour Airport to join the airworthy Super Constellation. If all goes well, it will be more than a static display.
The 707 I worked on in the 90s, had major corrosion at the boost pump housing. They weren't making them anymore. They cut wing sections out and they were mostly in bad shape too.
That's one of the major problems that the 707 that used to be at the Imperial War Museum Cosford had. there was so much corrosion that only the nose section was saved, and they moved it up to the East Fortune Scotland Museum. Seen that problem in museum Comets as well.
@@AirlinerHistory I worked a 707 from Saudi Arabia. It had been to Ethiopia for a heavy D check. The keel beam had a hole big enough for a squirrel to get through. The flaps were full of powdered corrosion and rivet heads about 4-inches deep. You could see pressurization leaking by nicotine streaking down the fuselage . We made it airworthy.
Hi. I spent 13 years flying BOAC's 707s, including the one on display in Scotland. Beautiful aircraft. I also flew the Ruler of Qatar's first 707 (A7-AAA) on its 3 week delivery trip to Doha. Do you know what happened to it?
I liked your video, but there is one thing I need to point out, the 707 in Wetteren was first placed on the parking, but after legal issues in 2014 the “Govaert family” then had to move the plane on top of the building, and it remains in that condition today. Keep posting!
I appreciate your point of view on this, and it's been brought up. However that being said. both pronounciations are correct. It's all a matter of which you grew up with. I understand the point of contention. I used to serve on submarines, and the correct pronounciation of Submariner gets into heated arguments sometimes.
I guess the question is whether he wants to include C-137s in general. The one he did include was one that started life as a commercial 737, then became a VC-137, then E-8 JSTARS. There's a list of C-137s on display on the Wikipedia C-137 article.
@@ziggystardust4627 Very true, if I had listed everything related to the 367-80, the video would be over an hour long, so I had to pick and choose on some and rely on what was a coversion and not a straight build from the factory. The C-137 fits that gray area pretty well.
@@AirlinerHistory it would definitely be at least that long if it included every retired KC - 135 working as a gate guard or hanging around Davis-Monthan! 😜 Nice work
The old NASAVomit Comet is close, but it was built originally as a KC-135. So close, but not quite. There was an old 707 from TWA that was used as a parts hull for that plane and their VC-137 that was finally scrapped about 20 years ago though,
12:23 - The MAX-10, and possibly the recently grounded MAX-9, is actually a few feet longer than the 707B (720B)! Grown waaaaay beyond its intended service parameter.
Short version of the 707 for short runways. Flew on the RCAF version many times. I was born at RCAF Trenton in 64. Dad was ATC there. Posted to other bases after Trenton. Thanks for your interest and information about the 707.
@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835 My understanding was that QANTAS got the long range version of the 707-100 models and that everything else that had a short fuselage was a Boeing 720. Not saying there were other exceptions, which I guess in this case there was.
Yes, and for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know, it is from a former SA Airways 300C-model registered ZS-SAI, the last one delivered to SAA, which later served in the SA Air Force as tailnumber1423. The cockpit section (quite a lengthy section), the fin and one engine were donated to the SA Airways Museum when the airframe was scrapped in Pretoria. Unfortunately the aircraft was no longer airworthy at that time, otherwise the entire airframe might have been saved for preservation.
I only flew on a 707 once and it would have been in about 1982 from Johannesburg Jan Smuts to Luxembourg Lux Air being the planes owner.I have a feeling that we refueled in Nairobi but the passengers couldn't get off .My other trips to South Africa as a child were on 747's with South African Airways and British Airways.Plus we did some kind of early Airbus from Johannesburg to Durban once owned by SAA/SAL.
There is a Boeing 720 (shortened 707) on display at the Canadian Air Force Museum in Trenton, On Canada. This aircraft served as a test bed aircraft with Pratt and Whitney Canada. It retired in 2010, after over 50 years service. It was flown to Trenton in 2012 for display at the Canadian Air Force Museum….
Yeah, when I started researching my Boeing 720 video, that was literally the first one that popped up in the list. I wish they’d put it inside though. The latest pictures I have of it makes it look pretty rough
In the Museo do Ar a military museum outside Lisbon (Sintra), there is a TAP 707-320B Flight Deck and engine. I have visited the museum and can verify the information is accurate.
The USAF (as have the Brits) is retiring their E-3s. One will eventually be put on display at Tinker AFB in OKC where the majority fly. The ones retired so far are making it to AMARC in Tucson. I have not yet heard if one will go to Dayton or not for the USAF Museum.
not to argue, but the airline pilots I knew, growing up in the states always pronounced it Bow Ack, I think it deserves a place as an alternative way to say it. both ways get the point across.
Hola, en argentina se puede ver una gran cantidad de 707 en la base aérea del palomar, se puede entrar siendo alumno de la escuela técnica de allí o con una invitación especial (el avión no están en abandono, está con las plenas condiciones de volar)
Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson has a BOEING VC-137B (707-153) STRATOLINER. If I missed this being mentioned, I am finishing my day at work listening to this.
You forgot TC-91, preserved in El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, at Escuela Aeronáutica El Palomar, pupils start the engines weekly, it's almost in flying condition.
@@AirlinerHistory This B707 was one of the last ones manufactured by Boeing. It was delivered in the first half of 1975 as T-01 and was to be used as a presidential aircraft.
You missed a European 707. I am in college to become in aircraft mechanic at the college next to Dutch airport EHBK. We have a huge part of a 707 there. We practice maintance there.
I am glad to hear that one still exists. but to limit the numbers on this video and future videos like it, I am sticking with aircraft or their remant parts that are in museums.
That is a good question. I imagine the Dash 80 prototyoe wouldn't take too much work to get back to airworthiness, since Boeing volunteers got it up to snuff to fly from Seattle to Washington DCAccording to one source I count 28 that were built as passenger carrying 707's but most, if not all have been convereted into Inteligence aircraft, battlefield control aircraft, refuelers (KC-707's is teh designation I keep seeing vice KC-135) I think Saha Airlines in Iran had the passenger flight in one in 2016 if my memory serves.
@@toddwebb7521 For number still being flown, it's a bit of a weird answer as many nations that have old civilian passenger carrying Boeing 707's have converted them into mid air refuelers. so for those and those that are still cargo carriers it's around 30 still flying. Obviously there are plenty of C-135 familiy members still flying in many roles.
As a chilean i want to inform that our 707 is displayed,but sadly is in very bad state without engines and is not accesible to the public and you only can see it in the distance,it's really sad :(.
Thanks, preservation is a subjective thing. DC-8s could make 2x good episodes: flying & preserved [whole]. _Being picky, I didn't expect cut up little bits of 707 to count. Cheers._
That's why I limited this video to those aircraft built as 707s (with the excpetion of the Model 367-80) otherwise the list of preserved models would make the video untenanble on my current computer, and I'd have to acknowledge al lthose still flying wit the US military and other nation's militaries.
The 367-80 has no common parts with the 707. It is more closely related to the C-135 (the 707 is the C-137). The differences include the fuselage diameter.
no doubt. What you've said i s consistent with what I've read. It is still the :Basic: same design, even if everything's dimensions are off here and there and better or different parts were used in other areas. That's the bane of the Prototype, sometimes they are filled with all the mistakes the production run products don't have.
@@AirlinerHistory The 367-80 was a five abreast seating layout. The 707 (and subsequent 727, 737, 747 upper deck and 757) had a six abreast seating pattern that differentiated them from the Douglas DC-8 (and earlier Boeing Stratocruiser) that was being shopped around at the same time. That also meant that the fuselage jig from the Stratocruiser range couldn’t be used for the subsequent aircraft.
The Dash 80 prototype that appears in the opening footage wasn't actually a 707, although they used the 707 identification on the tail for a while for promotional purposes until the real 707 had flown. They later deleted the "707" from the tail.
Becaus technically it's a VC-137 and not a 707. It's a minor distinction, I know, but I had to draw the line somewhere. The only reason the E-8 J Star made it on teh list was because it started life as a Civlian passenger 707 and was converted intitially to a VC-137 and then to an E-8.
you forgot SAM 26000, JFK's Air Force 1 and is on display at the National Museum of the USAF at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio and SAM 27000, another Air Force 1 on display at the Regan Library in California...
Its not that I forgot them, as they didn't fit in the category of being, as this is me being very narrow with my definition "True" 707's as they started life as C-137s or VC-137s, which granted are just USAF Versions of the 707 for those that aren't of the VC variety.
Pause 10:12 - When I think of how old the 737(and by extension its variants) really is, the nose section of the 737 is a direct descendant of a nose section designed in the mid-1950s, on the Dash-80 and ultimately 707! So while the Max series of 737 are about ten years old, they are really just shallow reissues of a fuselage cross section from over SIXTY-FIVE years ago! Now before some of you say "Well, duh B-52 is seventy years old", that is true, but: That is a military platform that is meticulously maintained and still operates within its core theater: On the ready to drop bombs. Back to the pioneering at the time yet primitive by 2000s-to-present standards, that squinty view out must feel awkward to Millennial and Gen-Z pilots who fly a mix of 737s, along with A320s, A321s, 757, and 767s with twice or more than twice the glass area than the former.
I was surpised that museum didn't come up on my list, being so close to Boeing. I'll have to look at their website. Oddly enough, they have a Comet that I covered in my video about those museum pieces.
Le 707 d'Air France F-BLCD est actuellement dans un état épouvantable ! On ne peut plus le voir car il est stocké dans les réserves du Musée du Bourget avec des moisissures et de la rouille.
DAMN!!!! l been asking that question for the last 50 years and not one person knows. I knew i should have joined youtube and started ebegging but l decided to get a job instead.
I know that's happened to 727s a few times. Plus there is a house in California somewhere that uses 747 as the roof of the house. It's a very long house :p
Sorry for the delay in replying. I skipped ove that one because, technically it's a VC-137. A close relative to be sure. Only reason the E-8 Jstar was included as it was built as a civilian airliner first and then converted to a VC-137, then to an E-8
From what I have seen, the 30 or so that are still “flight worthy” are being used by African or Middle Eastern militaries, mostly as 798s converted into mid air refuellers. Sometimes designated KC-707
I've tried both ways in my videos and I get statements like this saying that the correct pronounciation is the "other" way. I am, at this point, going to assume both ways are correct.
Anyone with even the tiniest amount of of aviation history would know “BOAC” was actually British Overseas Airways Corporation! But then the narrator is American.
John Travolta's old 707 is nearing being certified to fly back to Australia in it's original QANTAS livery. As for others I don't know. But the Dash 80 aircraft flew itself from Arizona to DC to be put on display, so I believe it needs minimal work on it.
@@AirlinerHistory I know that's in the video, but if they're going to put it on display, it sounds like they're going to mothball it again. One of my favorite aircraft of all time is the Nord 262. A beautiful plane I used to see at KPNE where my pop used to rent Piper Cherokees.
Dash '80 is not a real 707. Its fuselage dimensions don't fit with those of the real 707. It was rather a pre-prototype for a commercial jet development from which stemmed two planes: the C-135, military version with a different angled swept wing, mainly known today by the tanker variant, the KC-135, still in service, and the different wing swept and dimensions, engines and wider fuselage, the real 707.
The Qantas 707-138 was flown back to Australia by John Travolta himself. Even his late wife Kelly Preston dressed up as a stewardess for the occasion. He flew it to Australia where Qantas took possession of it and put it on display in their museum. It is a special Qantas - only model built for them by Boeing. It is a short fuselage / long range model. Thank you for this video and a medal to those museums that chose to keep the whole aircraft for display.
As much as I've come to dislike the guy for various reasons, I do still think it's cool how much he likes flying and has devoted to it. He's done what I would if I had unlimited funds😂
I know he had flown it to Australia in the past, but my sources say it's in Brunswick Georgia getting refitted and re-certified. If you can show me something newer that says something different, i can add this plane to the next video.
@@AirlinerHistory I had no idea it had gotten sent back. Thank you.
The intention is to fly it to the HARS museum south of Sydney. There have been significant financial cost blowouts in getting it airworthy. It has been donated, and John Travolta is hoping to fly it in when it is airworthy.
It is hard to get information on this, it’s a pity the museum doesn’t keep us a little bit more updated.
The nose of an X Qantas 707 is also on display or stored at the HARS museum near Sydney.
My man rockin a massive head cold and still puttin' out a quality video . 🙂👍
Thank you. Although for the next two videos I had to use an AI voice, because I had no voice what so ever.
Not much else you can do in such a case unless you happen to have a friend with a great broadcast voice who would think it would be kinda fun to do a couple of times, plus they would have an excellent audition recording ready to go… meanwhile, don’t dismiss nasal lovage … Neti-pot, douche bag, whatever; I know, it’s gross, but hey … there is a mucus solvent called Alky-sol (I think), some people swear by warm saline solution, (don’t use chlorinated tap water, it burns … use distilled or bottled water) there are pre-measured packets you can get. It works. Also, don’t forget just plain saline mist spray, OTC decongestant spray, and good ole Sudafed. We used to be stage performers, and a couple of times my wife had to resort to a cortisone shot, just to keep her voice for one more weekend. Just some suggestions accumulated over a couple of decades of performance experience long ago that might help. Good luck, take care of yourself, stay hydrated, and get some form of vitamin C in you every day! Thanks for the video; I LOVE the 707 … came out the same year I did…(1959) … LOL
Thank you for sharing and providing some great information.
I enjoy your videos. Also loved the one about the DC-8
Thank you. I try to make the best videos I can with the ancient computer I am working with.
@@AirlinerHistory worth the effort
I've flown in 707's in the 1960's. Frankly I'd rather fly from NY to Frankfurt in a 707 that a current 737. Tex Johnson did a demo flight for Airline executives where he did a 360 deg ROLL to show it's strength! What a plane!!!
Dude, your content is amazing! I love learning about preserved airliners!
I am glad you like these videos.
Thank you for the photos of C6-BDG / becoming N433MA and VP-BDF stored at Dublin in 1978/9 from my youth.
Don't forget about the USAF VC-137B SAM 970 (originally a 707-120), aka Air Force One during the 60's, 70's & 80's, located at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. It is displayed outdoors under cover and you can walk through it. Another former Air Force One VC-137B, SAM 27000, is displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA. It is displayed indoors on an elevated stand.
I think that was a problem with my source info. It wasn’t counting all of the Converted VC-137’s as 707s, even if it did count the one in Georgia that started as a 707, became a VC-137 and then became an E-8 J star
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I came to remind them about Reagan Museum 707 but ya beat me !
@@AirlinerHistory Wikipedia's C-137 article has the list of displayed aircraft, not including the E-8 JSTARS conversion.
Love the National Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio it is one of the best places on Earth which is where they have the preserved 707 Air Force One
@@Fuzzypattyg Actually, there are/were two Air Force Ones displayed in the Presidential Aircraft hangar. One was JFK's 707, and the other was Truman's DC-6 (Bess).
There used to be one at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Was sad when it was scrapped as I was on it many times as a child.
I've heard of that one, a shame they couldn't find a new home for it.
What a fantastic video !! I’ve been very lucky to visit the museum in Santiago, Chile and Cradle of Aviation. So nice to see these photos of Pan American as my Dad worked for them for 31 years. Love your Channel !!!
Thank you very mush for your comments. Glad I was able to bring back some good memories
A great vid I found it really interesting many thanks mate a big hi from Auckland New Zealand
Glad you liked the video. Part II should be out friday
Just out of high school, I worked at the Renton Washington Boeing plant on the 707 wing line. The crew I was on built the part of the wing from fuselage to second engine (the rest was wing tip). As a kid, I still remember the barrel roll performed by Tex Johnson, chief test pilot for Boeing at the time) during the Seafair Hydroplane Races on Lake Washington. There is vid of it. Quite spectacular!
That is a great vid. I know the spelling is different, but how does a guy named Northrup get hired by Boeing? :D
Great video!!!
Thank you very much. I am glad you enjoed the video.
Cool vid! not often you hear about the 707
Definitley not many left in the world. Most that are still flying are conversions from Civilian work to military work.
Well at least you can look at the 737 it's got the same nose section from the 707 and 727
@@ronparrish6666 money saving at it's best form the Boeing people :)
And let's not forget Boeing taking the nose section from the DC10 and just sticking it on the front of the C-17 to save money they just added a couple of windows near the bottom
Dominican Republic also had a 707 in his Fleet Dominicana de Aviacion flew from 1984 till 1994 it was sent to MIA for overhaul and never came back to the Island...
Fantastic video! Didn't have any problems that other posters mentioned. Maybe because I have sinus problems and have also heard my recorded voice played back to me (honestly it's weird, bone conduction, look it up).
Thank you!!
You are most welcome. Have a good day
Beautiful!!
I am glad you liked this video.
Good video!
What about the 707-320B airliner, serial number 62-6000 that is on display at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton Ohio? This is a very historic 707 that was used as Air Force 1 for many years. This is the plane that brought Kennedy's casket back from Dallas.
This aircraft is in Part 5, that covers those 707 based aircraft that were either converted into or built as C-137s
Former Tracor employee. I saw several of these aircraft in this video had our hush kit on them. Everyone so equipped I would bet I have have put hands on ❤
I am 65 now, I was in my 20s in Goleta working on 707s. Later went to LAX and Continental.
Do you remember about a 707 reg. N729Q ? I think she was part of the Tracor-Shsnnon company. That airplane was in service in our PLUNA fleet. I was a flight dispatcher at that time.
There is a preserved 707 cockpit at the New England Air Museum.
Dang, I missed that one on my honeymoon up in those parts a few years back :p
I was in the Boy Scouts in 6th grade and in 1965 there was an air show at Windsor Locks. The Boy Scouts provided security around the airplanes. My job was to watch over a Bearcat.
My mother worked as a FA for Southern Cross Airlines in the 1970s. When I checked up the Airline online, they had one Airplane, this one. Surprised to see that it still exists in some form.
Ok, Not that I am doubting you, but just looked at the New England Air Museum website and thet don't mention any pieces of Boeing 707s. DO you happen to know the registration number?
The tail no. When new, was N714PA.
My absolute favourite aircraft, having had a flight on an Aer Lingus one in 1972. A friend of mine is a retired Aer Lingus flight engineer. He was part of the crew who flew a 707 to Saudi in 1984, where it had been purchased by an airline there. The crew came back on a prearranged flight. Upon returning to Dublin, my friend and his colleagues were informed the new owners had decided to take the 707 on a test flight just after they'd left, and crashed it on takeoff, writing it off. The Saudi crew escaped with injuries, the poor old Boeing killed before the Irish crew got home! It was probably the very one I flew on in '72.
Saw one years ago in Tucson Arizona Russian Registration Guess the KC-135's are a different category I still see them occasionally as we live not too far from an Air Force Base!
My best memories of the 707 was witnessing the Air Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 ones perform low pass fly-bys live as part of the Mashonaland Flying Club Air Shows in 1993 and 1995. My last flight on a 707 was on Air Zim in August 1993 from Harare to Lilongwe, Malawi.
The Air Force 1 Boeing 707 that President John F. Kennedy and later presidents used is in the National Museum of the United States Air Force located at the Wright Patterson Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio.
Thank you for this video.
This aircraft is in Part 5, that covers those 707 based aircraft that were either converted into or built as C-137s
Boeing E-8C JSTARS 00-2000 arrived at the MoA at Robins AFB, GA this past summer. I was also there when it arrived and was towed down highway 247 lol
They did it during the early morning on a sunday in July. It got hot really freaking fast. Surprisingly, it only took about 3 hours for it to be towed down the road from the flightline to the museum and up the highway on ramp near the museum so that it could enter through a side gate on the museum's northern side. It joins another 707, a strategic flying command center that has been at the museum far longer. Both aircraft sit on the museum grounds. The command center is expected to be repainted in the near future. The JSTARS is currently being put back together from its move and will be outfitted for touring in the near future. They have a/c systems that they plan to install to allow visitors to walk inside the aircraft and view the interior. The ETA is undetermined at this time, however.
I live in a condo on the approach to Dobbins AFB. Every few months it would do touch and go training. You could hear it coming from miles away which gave me enough time to get to the window and watch it roar overhead.
Sad that I won’t see it anymore. At least the C-130’s still practice.
I was wondering about that one. I was covering the history of teh EC-135 you mentioned and I looked at the grounds of the museum, and didn't see the E-8. I was wondering if I had gotten that wrong. At least someone saw it moved there. Thank you.
@@AirlinerHistory Depending where you looked it may not have been updated, but it's there lol
@@austinkub2337 Good to know. I'll be in Georgia this winter, I might try to get down there if I have time.
Do a video on the 707's nemesis, the DC-8.
lol, nemesis. I like it. The thought of a DC-8 video had occurred to me. Might be a month or two before I swing back on that one. It would fit with the Comet and 707 videos
And don't forget the VC10 in that comparison even though it had it's engines on the rear it still had the same single aisle and 6 abreast seating as the 707 and DC 8
@@ronparrish6666 that would be a good video too. Mostly right now I am sticking with the "First" generation airliners, but I think the VC10 fits that category
I realize that this video refers to the “707”, if you include the “720” there is a 720B preserved at Trenton, Ontario, Canada. This aircraft is C-FETB which started her career with American Airlines (N7538A) and also flew with Middle East Airlines (OD-AFQ). Thank you for posting this video.
I have found that not including off shoots like the 720, and most of those that got converted to USAF airplanes kept my video from getting too long for my computer to handle. May have to make a part 2 for this video
My father flew that aircraft when it was a testbed for Pratt & Whitney. They called her "Big Red".
It sat on the tarmac of Beirut for several years before Pratt bought it and it had to be inspected for explosives before being flown to England for modification.
It was capable of having a test turboprop on the nose or a turbofan on the starboard side just back of the cockpit. One of its main engines was replaced for the development of the V-2500. If you look at the mid fuselage you will see a 'load bank' used to dissipate the excess energy when the generators were stress tested.
@topquark6242 I was a flight engineer on this aircraft until I left P&WC in 1997. I wondering who your dad was… I may have worked with him.
@AirlinerHistory Roger that. I look forward to more videos from you.
Gerry Thorneycroft. I am afraid he passed away two years ago.@@ianbell8701
There are still 707 AWACS planes of the USAF that occasionally fly into Tulsa International Airport. I think KC-135s are also an air force version of the 707. Who knows for how much longer though.
Those old soldiers going to have to keep flying too, until enough KC-46s and the Wedgetail version of the 737 has enough numbers to retire those guys.
The KC-135 is NOT a 707. It was developed separately and flew before the "707."
The 707-138 was actually a LONG range version with a shorter fuselage but standard fuel tanks to permit transpacific operations.
More efficient engines in the later versions reduced the number of stops from two (Fiji and Hawaii) to one (Hawaii) with the 747SP version built specifically for QANTAS permitting nonstop flights from Sydney and Brisbane to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
A few clarifications and comments about this fabulous aircraft.
The short fuselage 707-138 was designed for Qantas specifically to enable transpacific operations with a viable payload utilising the short runway at Nandi in Fiji. In that respect they were also fitted with a revised slat design to give increased lift and were permitted to operate the Pratt and Whitney engines at a higher thrust setting when taking off at Nandi.
The 707-138 located at the Qantas founders Museum in Longreach has no connection with John Travolta. It was the first one delivered to Qantas in 1959 as VH-EBA and named The City of Canberra. It was found derelict at Southend Airport in the UK and, restored to flying condition by a team of retired Qantas engineers and flown back to Australia in 2006. This great story was the subject of a documentary calledIndeed John Travolta owns an ex Qantas 707-138, painted in period Qantas livery, which on occasion he has flown to Australia and which is in the process of being transferred to the Historical Aircraft Museum located at Albion Park South of Sydney. This museum is also the home of a non Qantas Super Constellation in flying condition and the first Qantas 747 400 which famously flew non stop from London to Sydney in 1989.
Qantas was the first non North American airline to operate the 707.
The 747SP was not designed specifically for Qantas. I think Pan Am were the instigator of the SP to enable non stop New York Tokyo flights. Qantas purchased two SP’s and ironically a major part of their rationale was to enable operations in and out of Christchurch in New Zealand which was one of their shortest sectors. At that time the Qantas fleet was 100% 747’s which were too big for the windy city.
Elvis owned a Convair 880 not a 707
Boeing produced a 707 variation called the 720. Production ended in 1967 with 154 having been built.
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The last 707 version ever built are the 18 that were ordered by the US NAVY 16 were purchased and designated the E6-A and are currently on active duty performing the TACAMO/ looking glass mission from Tinker AFB Oklahoma. The last two produced and not turned over to the Navy were sold off and are somewhere around the country still in use as well.
I was kind of surprised the E-6s were still in use, even if the Navy has the reputation for never throwing away anything that still works.
There’s an RAAF 707 nose section at the HARS museum located south of Sydney.
I think I got that aircraft in Part II of the series.
There is one Ex-Qantas Boeing 707 as well as a super constellation, DC3 & Boeing 747-200 at the Qantas Museum in Longreach. Its a small regional town in the Australian outback and is where Qantas came from. To think that it was just a small airline serving Regional Air Mail to becoming Australia's signature carrier is truly incredible. Its actually sad to see the state its being in since the pandemic though. It is expensive to fly out there and are limited flights so we went on a Caravan trip because their were also a lot of other museums there. In Longreach, Winton, Ifracombe areas there are a lot of great museums, some about aviation and some about old types of machinery. I am 15 and am an Aviation enthuist. Unlike others my age, though, I also like going to Museums. I am fascinated with history and just how some of these inventions worked.
I thought the Longreach location seemed a bit out of the way. Glad to see I wasn’t crazy in that thought. Maybe when the John Travolta 707 finally makes it back to Australia, they’ll set up somewhere easier to get to
@@AirlinerHistory The Travolta 707 is coming to the HARS Museum at Shellharbour Airport to join the airworthy Super Constellation. If all goes well, it will be more than a static display.
The 707 I worked on in the 90s, had major corrosion at the boost pump housing. They weren't making them anymore. They cut wing sections out and they were mostly in bad shape too.
That's one of the major problems that the 707 that used to be at the Imperial War Museum Cosford had. there was so much corrosion that only the nose section was saved, and they moved it up to the East Fortune Scotland Museum. Seen that problem in museum Comets as well.
@@AirlinerHistory I worked a 707 from Saudi Arabia. It had been to Ethiopia for a heavy D check. The keel beam had a hole big enough for a squirrel to get through. The flaps were full of powdered corrosion and rivet heads about 4-inches deep. You could see pressurization leaking by nicotine streaking down the fuselage . We made it airworthy.
Pretty sure I remember the last example mentioned being at Southend. The last operational Belfasts were also stored there.
USAF has KC-135's on display and I've heard of a possible E3 AWACs display coming
That would be awesome! I thought it was odd I couldn't find any listed as on display or preserved
The 707 at 6:40 was also the plane used as a command post during the Israeli raid on Entebbe back in 1976.
Hi. I spent 13 years flying BOAC's 707s, including the one on display in Scotland. Beautiful aircraft. I also flew the Ruler of Qatar's first 707 (A7-AAA) on its 3 week delivery trip to Doha. Do you know what happened to it?
That aircraft is still flying as a converted tanker, referred to as a KC-707 by the Isreali Air Force. Thank you for watching my videos.
I liked your video, but there is one thing I need to point out, the 707 in Wetteren was first placed on the parking, but after legal issues in 2014 the “Govaert family” then had to move the plane on top of the building, and it remains in that condition today. Keep posting!
Thank you for that correction. I misread the dates on a couple of items, including Google Street View.
BOAC was never pronounced "Boak". The letters are sounded individually, i.e. B.O.A.C. Hope this helps.
I appreciate your point of view on this, and it's been brought up. However that being said. both pronounciations are correct. It's all a matter of which you grew up with. I understand the point of contention. I used to serve on submarines, and the correct pronounciation of Submariner gets into heated arguments sometimes.
@@AirlinerHistory it was never called "BOAK" in Britain, and B.O.A.C. was a British airline so anything else is incorrect.
I heard it called boac in casual talk amongst aviation enthusiasts
@@user-ky6vw5up9m Perhaps, but I doubt it was somebody from the airline's home country.
And of course flew concorde, registration G BOAC.
You forgot to mention the most important 707. The one that served as Air Force One is on display at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson Arizona.
I guess the question is whether he wants to include C-137s in general. The one he did include was one that started life as a commercial 737, then became a VC-137, then E-8 JSTARS. There's a list of C-137s on display on the Wikipedia C-137 article.
@@ziggystardust4627 Very true, if I had listed everything related to the 367-80, the video would be over an hour long, so I had to pick and choose on some and rely on what was a coversion and not a straight build from the factory. The C-137 fits that gray area pretty well.
@@AirlinerHistory it would definitely be at least that long if it included every retired KC - 135 working as a gate guard or hanging around Davis-Monthan! 😜 Nice work
There is a great example of a NASA livery 707 on static display at the Mojave Spaceport in Mojave, California, USA.
The old NASAVomit Comet is close, but it was built originally as a KC-135. So close, but not quite. There was an old 707 from TWA that was used as a parts hull for that plane and their VC-137 that was finally scrapped about 20 years ago though,
12:23 - The MAX-10, and possibly the recently grounded MAX-9, is actually a few feet longer than the 707B (720B)! Grown waaaaay beyond its intended service parameter.
J-Stars, i worked on several.
That one through me for a loop when I was doing the research. Don't see many go from pure civilian service to a combat support aircraft.
There is a 707at CFB Trenton Ontario Canada.
Are you talking about the Boeing 720 that Pratt & Whitney Canada used as a engine test bed? If so, that plane got covered in my Boeing 720 video.
It’s really only a shorter version of the 707.
@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835 True, but it also operated out of smaller airports, until the 727 could do that more efficiently
Short version of the 707 for short runways. Flew on the RCAF version many times. I was born at RCAF Trenton in 64. Dad was ATC there. Posted to other bases after Trenton. Thanks for your interest and information about the 707.
@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835 My understanding was that QANTAS got the long range version of the 707-100 models and that everything else that had a short fuselage was a Boeing 720. Not saying there were other exceptions, which I guess in this case there was.
There's another 707 nose section on display in South Africa at the SAA museum at Rand Airport
Yes, and for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know, it is from a former SA Airways 300C-model registered ZS-SAI, the last one delivered to SAA, which later served in the SA Air Force as tailnumber1423. The cockpit section (quite a lengthy section), the fin and one engine were donated to the SA Airways Museum when the airframe was scrapped in Pretoria. Unfortunately the aircraft was no longer airworthy at that time, otherwise the entire airframe might have been saved for preservation.
ZS-SAI will be in part II
My favorite one to see is the one in Seattle Washington
I only flew on a 707 once and it would have been in about 1982 from Johannesburg Jan Smuts to Luxembourg Lux Air being the planes owner.I have a feeling that we refueled in Nairobi but the passengers couldn't get off .My other trips to South Africa as a child were on 747's with South African Airways and British Airways.Plus we did some kind of early Airbus from Johannesburg to Durban once owned by SAA/SAL.
“Do a barrel roll!!!”
I think there is a standing order at Boeing to NOT do barrel rolls, espcecially with Prototypes :D
@airlinerhistory for a flight test the pilot made it do a barrel roll, there's a video of it here on youtube.
This is kinda like comparing an old school Silverado from the 70s to the next gens...
The..."-80." Even the the names Boeing gave their planes when they were still experimental were kool...
There is a Boeing 720 (shortened 707) on display at the Canadian Air Force Museum in Trenton, On Canada. This aircraft served as a test bed aircraft with Pratt and Whitney Canada. It retired in 2010, after over 50 years service. It was flown to Trenton in 2012 for display at the Canadian Air Force Museum….
Yeah, when I started researching my Boeing 720 video, that was literally the first one that popped up in the list. I wish they’d put it inside though. The latest pictures I have of it makes it look pretty rough
In the Museo do Ar a military museum outside Lisbon (Sintra), there is a TAP 707-320B Flight Deck and engine. I have visited the museum and can verify the information is accurate.
Very cool. I didn’t think my sources of info were complete. Might have to make another video
The USAF (as have the Brits) is retiring their E-3s. One will eventually be put on display at Tinker AFB in OKC where the majority fly. The ones retired so far are making it to AMARC in Tucson. I have not yet heard if one will go to Dayton or not for the USAF Museum.
BOAC was always called Bee Oh Ay Cee!
not to argue, but the airline pilots I knew, growing up in the states always pronounced it Bow Ack, I think it deserves a place as an alternative way to say it. both ways get the point across.
@@AirlinerHistory For sure. After 20 years in NC. I've gotten used to the fact that folks here in the US have a different twist on many words.
Hola, en argentina se puede ver una gran cantidad de 707 en la base aérea del palomar, se puede entrar siendo alumno de la escuela técnica de allí o con una invitación especial (el avión no están en abandono, está con las plenas condiciones de volar)
Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson has a BOEING VC-137B (707-153) STRATOLINER. If I missed this being mentioned, I am finishing my day at work listening to this.
Is it fully intact, or just a portion. I didn’t see it on the list of preserved models
It’s fully intact
@@Klink330 I'll take a look at it and see if it work on being included on the part 2 video. Not surprising Pima has one.
The nose cone and fuselage of the Boeing 707 is still in production. It is known as the Boeing 737.
Very true. Might be a stretch to call them 707s still though :D
You forgot TC-91, preserved in El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, at Escuela Aeronáutica El Palomar, pupils start the engines weekly, it's almost in flying condition.
I actually had that one on my list, but it looks like it's a training aircraft hull, vice a museum piece. So I took it off the list for that reason.
@@AirlinerHistory This B707 was one of the last ones manufactured by Boeing. It was delivered in the first half of 1975 as T-01 and was to be used as a presidential aircraft.
You missed a European 707. I am in college to become in aircraft mechanic at the college next to Dutch airport EHBK. We have a huge part of a 707 there. We practice maintance there.
I am glad to hear that one still exists. but to limit the numbers on this video and future videos like it, I am sticking with aircraft or their remant parts that are in museums.
@@AirlinerHistory fair point. If you are interested, I can send you pics of the part of the 707 we have here.
How many 707's are or can still be flown in 2024?
That is a good question. I imagine the Dash 80 prototyoe wouldn't take too much work to get back to airworthiness, since Boeing volunteers got it up to snuff to fly from Seattle to Washington DCAccording to one source I count 28 that were built as passenger carrying 707's but most, if not all have been convereted into Inteligence aircraft, battlefield control aircraft, refuelers (KC-707's is teh designation I keep seeing vice KC-135) I think Saha Airlines in Iran had the passenger flight in one in 2016 if my memory serves.
Regular civy passenger or also counting KC 135 tankers? The USAF definitely has a bunch of those.
Regular civy passenger or also counting KC 135 tankers? The USAF definitely has a bunch of those.
@@toddwebb7521 For number still being flown, it's a bit of a weird answer as many nations that have old civilian passenger carrying Boeing 707's have converted them into mid air refuelers. so for those and those that are still cargo carriers it's around 30 still flying. Obviously there are plenty of C-135 familiy members still flying in many roles.
@@toddwebb7521 Just the civlian ones that are either flying cargo or flying as converted tankers.
My favorite plane
Reagan Presidential Museum @ Simi Valley, California has an outstanding example of this aircraft.
This aircraft is in Part 5, that covers those 707 based aircraft that were either converted into or built as C-137s
As a chilean i want to inform that our 707 is displayed,but sadly is in very bad state without engines and is not accesible to the public and you only can see it in the distance,it's really sad :(.
That one was on the list intially, but because it's no longer on public display, I decided to tak eit off the list of planes covered.
Thanks, preservation is a subjective thing. DC-8s could make 2x good episodes: flying & preserved [whole].
_Being picky, I didn't expect cut up little bits of 707 to count. Cheers._
I think Elvis had a 707 named "Lisa Marie". Sadly it was too dilapidated to be restored. Thanks for the upload. 😅
That was a CV-880
Plenty of military versions of the 707 like the KC-135 and E-3 Sentry are still in active use by Air Forces.
That's why I limited this video to those aircraft built as 707s (with the excpetion of the Model 367-80) otherwise the list of preserved models would make the video untenanble on my current computer, and I'd have to acknowledge al lthose still flying wit the US military and other nation's militaries.
The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia had a 707 that I loved in the 1970's, but it was sold for scrap in the 1980's.
That's a bummer. Philly is not too far from where I live in Northern VA
I live near a NATO airport. Every day 2 707’s fly to Poland and the North-Sea. The engine sound is… MASSIVE…
I wonder where are the two Olympic Airways 707 that were storage at AMARC
Should also the Phoenix based air refueling battalion the copperheads still use a fleet of retrofitted 707s to this day
Long live the Boeing "707s"!
The 367-80 has no common parts with the 707. It is more closely related to the C-135 (the 707 is the C-137).
The differences include the fuselage diameter.
no doubt. What you've said i s consistent with what I've read. It is still the :Basic: same design, even if everything's dimensions are off here and there and better or different parts were used in other areas. That's the bane of the Prototype, sometimes they are filled with all the mistakes the production run products don't have.
@@AirlinerHistory The 367-80 was a five abreast seating layout. The 707 (and subsequent 727, 737, 747 upper deck and 757) had a six abreast seating pattern that differentiated them from the Douglas DC-8 (and earlier Boeing Stratocruiser) that was being shopped around at the same time. That also meant that the fuselage jig from the Stratocruiser range couldn’t be used for the subsequent aircraft.
I don’t think ever heard BOAC pronounced as Bo-ACK, always as the letters B-O-A-CEE
Good video, but what were those powerpoint-ahh transitions
limits of my video software unfortunately
The Dash 80 prototype that appears in the opening footage wasn't actually a 707, although they used the 707 identification on the tail for a while for promotional purposes until the real 707 had flown. They later deleted the "707" from the tail.
Bad news. at the Smithsonian, it has the 707 markings on the tail again.
How could you omit Air Force One at the Ronald Reagan museum or the one at Wright Patterson AFB?
Becaus technically it's a VC-137 and not a 707. It's a minor distinction, I know, but I had to draw the line somewhere. The only reason the E-8 J Star made it on teh list was because it started life as a Civlian passenger 707 and was converted intitially to a VC-137 and then to an E-8.
Where are the DC-8's and L1011?
future videos
you forgot SAM 26000, JFK's Air Force 1 and is on display at the National Museum of the USAF at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio
and SAM 27000, another Air Force 1 on display at the Regan Library in California...
Its not that I forgot them, as they didn't fit in the category of being, as this is me being very narrow with my definition "True" 707's as they started life as C-137s or VC-137s, which granted are just USAF Versions of the 707 for those that aren't of the VC variety.
Pause 10:12 - When I think of how old the 737(and by extension its variants) really is, the nose section of the 737 is a direct descendant of a nose section designed in the mid-1950s, on the Dash-80 and ultimately 707! So while the Max series of 737 are about ten years old, they are really just shallow reissues of a fuselage cross section from over SIXTY-FIVE years ago!
Now before some of you say "Well, duh B-52 is seventy years old", that is true, but: That is a military platform that is meticulously maintained and still operates within its core theater: On the ready to drop bombs.
Back to the pioneering at the time yet primitive by 2000s-to-present standards, that squinty view out must feel awkward to Millennial and Gen-Z pilots who fly a mix of 737s, along with A320s, A321s, 757, and 767s with twice or more than twice the glass area than the former.
The 707 in the Regan museum ?
This aircraft is in Part 5, that covers those 707 based aircraft that were either converted into or built as C-137s
Whatever happened to the 707 or 720 used by Led Zeppelin?
It was the Boeing 720 Prototype that they had renamed Starship once te got it in 1978. Unfortunately it was broken up in Luton UK in 1982
Seattle museum of flight has two
I was surpised that museum didn't come up on my list, being so close to Boeing. I'll have to look at their website. Oddly enough, they have a Comet that I covered in my video about those museum pieces.
Le 707 d'Air France F-BLCD est actuellement dans un état épouvantable ! On ne peut plus le voir car il est stocké dans les réserves du Musée du Bourget avec des moisissures et de la rouille.
C’est malheureux d’en entendre parler. J’espère que le musée aura le temps de le réparer pour le remettre en meilleur état
DAMN!!!! l been asking that question for the last 50 years and not one person knows. I knew i should have joined youtube and started ebegging but l decided to get a job instead.
Be nice to make them in to homes.
I know that's happened to 727s a few times. Plus there is a house in California somewhere that uses 747 as the roof of the house. It's a very long house :p
Reagan Library in California has President Reagan's 707 Airforce One on display.
Sorry for the delay in replying. I skipped ove that one because, technically it's a VC-137. A close relative to be sure. Only reason the E-8 Jstar was included as it was built as a civilian airliner first and then converted to a VC-137, then to an E-8
An AF 1 707 sits at the Reagan Presidential library.
BEcause it's technically a VC-137, and not a 707. A minor technical point for sure. I may do a Air Force one video later.
If there is any life left in them, they fly local routes in other countries ...... in South America, Africa, etc.
From what I have seen, the 30 or so that are still “flight worthy” are being used by African or Middle Eastern militaries, mostly as 798s converted into mid air refuellers. Sometimes designated KC-707
BOAC is not pronounced as you say it, "BO-AC"..... it was always said phonetically, "B-O-A-C". Good video, thanks.
I've tried both ways in my videos and I get statements like this saying that the correct pronounciation is the "other" way. I am, at this point, going to assume both ways are correct.
All converted to 737s, 777s, and many more!
Anyone with even the tiniest amount of of aviation history would know “BOAC” was actually British Overseas Airways Corporation! But then the narrator is American.
Check 4:33 in the video
Pretty clearly stated where the mere "American" said it was.
bro has the AARRRRGH SCALLYWAG! maps
I do like my retro maps :D
Is there any that are airworthy in the world anymore?
John Travolta's old 707 is nearing being certified to fly back to Australia in it's original QANTAS livery. As for others I don't know. But the Dash 80 aircraft flew itself from Arizona to DC to be put on display, so I believe it needs minimal work on it.
@@AirlinerHistory I know that's in the video, but if they're going to put it on display, it sounds like they're going to mothball it again.
One of my favorite aircraft of all time is the Nord 262. A beautiful plane I used to see at KPNE where my pop used to rent Piper Cherokees.
Museum of flight Boeing field Seattle, WA
Air force 1 707 used by JFK, LBJ, NIXON
This aircraft is in Part 5, that covers those 707 based aircraft that were either converted into or built as C-137s
Sorry fella, but the background music track got on my nerves before the end of your video. Good luck!
Dash '80 is not a real 707. Its fuselage dimensions don't fit with those of the real 707. It was rather a pre-prototype for a commercial jet development from which stemmed two planes: the C-135, military version with a different angled swept wing, mainly known today by the tanker variant, the KC-135, still in service, and the different wing swept and dimensions, engines and wider fuselage, the real 707.