Description The Boeing 707 family - that includes the forerunner Model 367-80, the KC-135 series of military transports and the slightly smaller Model 720 - was the pioneer of the sweptback wing, incorporating podded engines borrowed from the B-47 military bomber.
This new book from the established aviation historian Graham Simons examines the entire course of the Boeing 707\'s history, char.
It was the aircraft that many regard as the design that really ushered in the Jet-Age.
Description The Boeing 707 family - that includes the forerunner Model 367-80, the KC-135 series of military transports and the slightly smaller Model 720 - was the pioneer of the sweptback wing, incorporating podded engines borrowed from the B-47 military bomber
