The 707 entered service the following October ... As Boeing continued to establish itself as a leading producer of commercial jet aircraft in the mid to late 20th century, its next step would ...

President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president to travel on a jet aircraft in 1959. Eisenhower's Boeing 707 Stratoliner, nicknamed "Queenie," featured a section for telecommunications ...

the KC-135 Stratotanker is a military version of the 1950s-era 707 commercial passenger jet. The Air Force inventory of 732 aircraft are more than 50 years old and have been retrofitted several ...

Though a brand-new Boeing 707 jet was destroyed ... with war-risk policies that covered the full “book value” of the aircraft. Since the line valued the planes rather generously on its ...