When you turn a bomber into the first jetliner - 707

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In 1955, Boeing invited airlines to witness, what they described, as history in the making. A new type of passenger plane, its like never seen before.

But instead of a simple tour and fly by, the test pilot did a series of impromptu maneuvers that left everyone watching on the ground gobsmacked. Twin barrel rolls at 490 miles per hr - proving not only the military performance of this new aircraft, but that the age of the jetliner had truly arrived.

This barrel roll would cement the story of the first boeing jetliner for generations, and herald in a new era for aviation transport. But the story of the dash 80 and its production model, is fraught with fear, cunning and possibly the biggest risk ever...

Boeing would bet the entire company by building a fully functioning prototype.

This is incredible story of miracle plane, the first Boeing 707

After the end of world war 2, the jet engine was seen as the next great leap in aircraft technology. Planes could fly further, faster and higher than ever before, and it would only be a matter of time before the technology made its way to the civil market.

The first on the scene was the United Kingdom with the De Havilland Comet. Unfortunately, there were well-publicized flaws with the design that lead to several crashes and loss of life - causing the public to reject the presses obsession with the technology.

But the barrier had been broken, and several firms were examining their own take on a new-fangled jetliner.

Boeing, with experience themselves building large jet aircraft like the B-47 only a few years before, realized they had the technology and the prime position to build the first American jetliner.

And this was a huge deal, while Boeing was successful in the military market, it struggled with the civil market for some time.

Its competitor, Douglas, had orders in spades for piston aircraft like the Douglas DC-4 and DC-6, which it had refined over many years, and airlines couldn't quite understand why they would need one powered by jet engines.

Boeing decided the best way would be to show, not tell, and build the aircraft of the future.

Building a new jetliner from scratch wouldn't be easy, and Boeing would need to take out multiple loans and favours to do so.

They set aside 16 million dollars (equivalent to $154 million today), with no commitment customers - just a handshake from panam.

The project would get the juicy name of Boeing 367-80, but would be called the dash 80 within the company.

And it would borrow heavily from other large aircraft designs such as the KC-97 Stratofreighter -

such as the pod engines on the wings, and the same swept wing -

a wing which by the way, would allow the plane to fly faster than any of the competition in development such as the DC-8.

Initially, the plane was going to be as wide as the KC-97 allowing five seats across the cabin,but the CEO of American Airlines C. R. Smith, said he wouldn't even consider buying it unless they could pack in six seats - making this already large aircraft even bigger.

To really punch out the cabin experience, Boeing would hire industrial designs from outside the company to create the new jet age interiors.

by early 1952, the board of directors was confident enough with the design to go public, and the production model was revealed as the Boeing 707.

While the name today is revered, back then it was a simple esclation of the next product line, the boeing 300 being passenger prop planes, 400-, 500- and 600-series were already used by missiles and other products, so Boeing decided that the jets would bear 700-series numbers. 707 was chosen over 700, simply because of the ring to it.
But building an aircraft is one thing, selling it is another.

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