#FlashbackFriday - A Look At the Boeing 707

Jet Age Jewel

The de de Havilland Comet ndiyo yekutanga yenhamba yekutengeserana. Yaiva nehanzvadzi yayo yokutanga muna 1949, uye kukwidziridzwa kwema ndege, BOAC, yakafambisa jet musi waMay 2, 1952. Asi mushure mokunge zvitatu zvakasvibirira mumhepo nemhaka yekuneta kwesimbi, zvinokonzera pall paakagadzira ndege.

Asi muna 1952, Boeing bhodhi yemutungamiri akazvipira $ 16 mamiriyoni kuti atange kuvaka Dash 80, jet yayo yokutanga, iyo yakaonekwa semutambo mukuru shure kwezvaitika neComet. Icho chiumbwa chakaunza kune yekutengeserana 707 neuto rehondo KC-135 tanker.

Mumakore maviri chete, iyo 707 yaizobatsira kuchinja nzira iyo nyika yaifamba nayo, apo kufamba kwemhepo kwakapera gorosi uye gungwa. Boeing tsika yakagadzirirwa 707 zvakasiyana-siyana kune vatengi vakasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira mienzaniso yakareba yakakura yeQantas Airways uye injini huru dzeBraniff dzepamusoro-soro kumativi eSouth America. Dambudziko rezvemari rakabhadharwa, uye 707 yakapfuura ndege yakakwikwidzana, Douglas DC-8 mukutengesa.

Kunyange zvazvo 707s yakarongedzwa sekutengeswa kwemashure-kati, yakakurumidza kubhururuka nechepamusoro kweAtlantic Ocean uye kuyambuka nyika. Boeing akaponeswa 856 Muenzaniso 707 muzvinyorwa zvose pakati pe 1957 na1994; kubva kune aya, 725, yakapiwa pakati pe 1957 ne1988, yaiva yekutengeserana. Ini ndakasika Pinterest board Boeing 707. Pasi pane masere anodikanwa masere kubva mubhodi.