Boeing 707 Prototype "Dash 80" Promo Film - 1955 

My dad, Glenn H. Jones was head of the Boeing photo unit and produced this film.

A known fact: The very model 707, nobody knew better than Alvin "Tex" Johnston. His demonstration of this airplane, and what it can do, simply showed that it was going to be a success. On one particular day, he took his airplane up, and did the "unthinkable". The rest is obvious.

Beautifully simple design - that's exceptional engineering

This event took place just 10 years after the end of the war. considering the advances in aviation technology and engineering (piston propulsion to turbojet to turbofan) within that short time-span alone demonstrates the immense capabilities of human innovation; even in those days. To put things in perspective, one can only imagine what technological marvels are being developed behind closed doors today.

0:35. "Christening" at the back end of the Renton Plant. Next to Lake Washington. It was built as a company project in a corner of the plant.

Never understood the bilious colour scheme on this innovative and defining design. Set the general layout of commercial air transport to this day. Engineering at its finest.

Engineers nailed the design of this.

Passenger planes have not changed much since the Dash 80. Boeing got it right on day one.

So glad I subscribed, this is such an awesome video!

707 ✈Papa dos aviões de passageiros😉

Howard Hughes missed another opportunity with jet airliners. Kauffman, a Pan Am manager, had a dinner with Boeing VP Wellwood Beall about Howard Hughes making a phone call from Florida. When Hughes learned about the Dash 80 prototype and wanted an option for 10 aircraft without physically looking at the aircraft. Beall replied, as a standard procedure, asked Hughes to send his technical team to evaluate the prototype then negotiate for a contract. Hughes was upset and hang up the phone.

The 8 people that don't like the video work for Airbus. The best $16 million ever spent and every jetliner , whether McDonnell Douglas, Convair, Lockheed and the British and Russians followed it's basic design.

Best $16 million Boeing ever spent. In contrast, Douglas spent more than $450 million to develop the DC-8.

This was the only Boeing Commercial Jet that Bill Boeing ever got to see

And you still see it today in 737Max nose :)))

Think ten years before we were flying d3 at 10000 feet at 180mph

It had a shorter nose than the 707 and narrower fuselage. Am I right?

No wars no technology. Thats whats up

I still basicallyvfly this plane... Kc-135

informative :)

Boeing made a vague attempt to reuse the Stratoliner name for the 707 (a reference to Boeing bomber names Stratojet and Stratofortress) but for some reason Boeing later dropped it. Maybe because 307 Stratoliner might jinxed the 707? Soviet and British aircraft designers hated the wing mounted podded engines, they both prefer a clean wing design for stability and better landing performance. It took Ilyushin bureau a clever political maneuvering to convinced the Soviets aviation elites to adapt the wing mounted podded engines.... Europeans caved in and "Americanized" their aircraft design with the successful Airbus A300 (based on American airline specification)

Boeing in 1952. Founded by a German now a suspiciously Scottish sounding named William McPherson Allen is running the show!