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1960
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672 FLIGHT, 28 October 1960 BOAC: Ten 707-436, five more on order TWA: Fifteen 707-737, twelve 707-331 Braniff: Five 707-227, three 720 on order USAF (MATS): Three VC-137A United: Ten 720, nineteen more on order Pan American: Six 707-121, twenty-three 707-321 and three more on order 9,000 TONS OF BOEING C ON WEDNESDAY of this week, October 26, the Boeing 707 jet airliner had been in passenger service for exactly two years. It was first introduced on October 26, 1958, by Pan American. Since the initial 707 delivery by Boeing's Transport Division factory at Renton in September 1958, more than 160 707s and 720s have been built for, and put into service by, nine- teen operators. Of these, sixteen (fifteen airlines plus the US Military Air Transport Service) have bought the aircraft, while three have leased them (Northeast from TWA, Western from Boeing, PIA from PanAm). Another ninety Boeing 707s have still to roll off the line at Renton according to the present order-book, which stands at 250 aircraft sold. These further ninety Western: Two 707-139 on lease, four720B on order Qantas: Seven 707-138, three 138B on order
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