The Boeing 707: Fifty Years of the Jet Age in Commercial Aviation October 11, 2008

During the mid-1950s, Boeing made a risky gamble to redesign the "Dash 80" into a passenger jet airliner. Pan Am flew the new Boeing 707 on its first commercial flight from New York to Paris on October 26, 1958. Join the musuem for a panel discussion of those who were involved in the introduction of this historic aircraft into commercial aviation.