The Oregon statesman., January 21, 1955, Page 36, Image 36

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J.S, aviation has a powerful ntw arm a fit tcnktr-transport, tht world's first.
It's tht ntw Boeing 707 Stratoliner-Strototanker, a four-jet giant, with a wing
span of 130 fttt and a 128-foot-Iong fustlagt. It's bttn eight years In tht malting:
six in tht blueprint and dtsigning stags and two in tht actual construction. Tht
plant was built at a cost of 15 million dollars.
Tht new jet to bt known as tht Stratolintr In its commercial version and as
tKt Stratotanker in tht military is now undergoing intensive test flights at Seattle.
The plane has already attained speeds over 600 miles per hour, has climbed to
more than 42,000 feet. As an airliner, the 707 will transport from 80 to 130 passtn
gers, fly non-stop from New York to Los Angeles or San Francisco in less than
5 hours. As a stratotanker, it can refuel the U.S. Air Force's newest 60 0-mile s-per-hour
jet bombers and fighters, thereby greatly extending their "hitting" power.
It's faster than any current transport by more than 200 aiiles per hour. ;
How this new Goliath of the air evolved Is pictured here, i !
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1. Th 707 mbdc-wpr xact repltca of lh jt stratotahker stratolintr built' of wood os
test bed for various installations and procedures used in building plane at Ronton, Wash
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America's first t transport, tho Booing 707, zooms high over tht snowcapped poak of Mt. Rainitr, Wosh.
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2. Wotedeo jig in which tho Booing 707 was built lies onipty 'just boforo start of construction: o actual airptano.
3. Late stag of construction shows 35-dogroo sweopback of tho wings. Wingspan measures 130 foot.
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r 4. Host cowl cf707's et engine frames nose of huge transport. 5. Watched by jhousonds of Boeing employes, completed giant transport makes its open-air debut. 6 Smiles and tears greet test pilot Tex Johnston after 707's
" " " i , " fl'sht. -WifoV happy; daughter Barbara sobs in roliet
first flight. - Wife's happy; daughter Barbara sobs in relief.
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