#FlashbackNgomhla - Ukujonga kwi-Boeing 707

Jet Age Jewel

I-de Havilland Comet yayiyi-jet yokuqala yezohwebo. Kwakuqala ukuhamba ngo-1949, kwaye umqhubi we-aircraft, u-BOAC, wandiza i-jet ngo-Meyi 2, 1952. Kodwa emva kokutshatyalaliswa kwezinto ezintathu emoyeni ngenxa yokukhathala kwentsimbi, kufaka i-pall kwi-aircraft.

Kodwa ngowe-1952, ibhodi yomlawuli weBoing wenza izigidi eziyi-16 zamaRandi ukuqala ukwakha i-Dash 80, i-jet yayo yokuqala, eyabonwa njengomdlalo omkhulu emva kokuba kwenzeke neCompet. Loo mzobo wawukhokelela kwi-707 yorhwebo kunye nomkhombe wama-KC-135.

Kwiminyaka emibini nje kuphela, i-707 yayiza kunceda ukutshintsha indlela umhlaba owahamba ngayo, apho ukuhamba komoya kwandula umzila wesitimela nolwandle. Isiko se-Boeing senzelwe iinguqu ezingama-707 zabathengi abahlukeneyo, kubandakanywa imodeli ekhethekileyo yexesha elide le-Qantas Airways kunye neenjini ezinkulu ze-Braniff eziphakamileyo zeendlela zaseMzantsi Melika. Ingozi yemali ihlawulwe, kwaye i-707 iphumelele iinqwelo ezikhuphisanayo, iDouglas DC-8 ekuthengiseni.

Nangona i-707s yayenzelwe ukuthuthwa kwebala eliphakathi, ngokukhawuleza ihamba ngeenqanawa ngaphesheya kweLwandle lwe-Atlantic nakwilizwekazi. UBoing wanikela nge-856 Iimpawu 707 kuzo zonke iinguqulelo phakathi kuka-1957 no-1994; kwezi, i-725, ezanikelwa phakathi kuka-1957 no-1978, zazisetyenziswa ngokuthengisa. Ndidale ibhodi yePinterest iBoeing 707. Ngezansi ziimifanekiso ezithandwayo ezithandayo ukusuka ebhodini.

• 01 ngo 08

  Boeing Dash 80

  Umxhasi we-Boeing 707, owaziwayo wama-367-80, ogqityiweyo kwi-Renton ngo-Meyi 15, 1954. Nguye kuphela owakhelwe, kwaye uncinci kunama-707. NgoMeyi 26, 1972 uBoeing wanikela kwi-Smithsonian Air kwaye Museum Museum. Kwiminyaka eyi-18 ezayo, i-Dash 80 igcinwe kwi -boneyard ye-aircraft e-Arizona ngaphambi kokuba ifunyenwe ngu-Boeing ngo-1990 ukubuyisela. Uhambo lokugqibela lwalo lwaluya kwi -Airport ye-Washington-Dulles International Airport ngomhla ka-Agasti 27, 2003. Ngoku iyakuboniswa kwiziko likaSteven F. Udvar-Hazy eVirginia.

• 02 ngo 08

  Braniff

  I-Braniff International Boeing 720-027 N7076 echaphazelekayo yokuqala kokuhambisa isithintelo kwisitshixo seBoing's Renton, ngoFebruwari 1961. I-jet yokuqala yayiyi-707-227 yokuqala eyanikelwa eBrithani ngo-Disemba 3, 1959. I-airline, eyaqala ukuhamba ngoJuni 1928 , iphelile imisebenzi ngokukhawuleza ngoMeyi 12, 1982, emva kweminyaka engama-54 yenkonzo.

• 03 we-08

  El Al

  Iphosta yokuvuna yenziwe ukuba ipapashe i-flag ye-flag ye-flag ye-Boeing 707. Inqwelo yeenqwelo zomoya yaqalisa ukuhamba ngeenqwelo zeenqwelo-moya, iqeshwe eBrazil iflegi ye-Varig, ngoJanuwari 5, 1961. Yayisetyenziselwa ukuphanga i-airline yokuqala ye-jet service ye-jet nonstop e-Atlantic.

• 04 we-08

  Pan Am

  Kwakungokwemvelo ukuba umphathi wepalagi wehlabathi waseMerika uza ku-707s, xa uMongameli uJuan Trippe wayala i-23 yohlobo, kunye no-Douglas DC-8, ngo-1955. I-jet yaphindwa kabili ngokukhawuleza njengoko i-turboprops isasetyenziselwa ngabakhuphiswano kuquka i-TWA . Ngo-1964, i-Pan Am yayihamba ngeenqwelo zeenqwelo-moya ezingaphezu kwama-200 kwi-Atlantic Ocean ngeveki. Umphathi wenyuka esuka eSan Francisco waya eTokyo naseHong Kong.

• 05 ka 08

  KwiBritish Midland International

  I-BMA yase-East Midland yathengisa i-Pan Am Boeing 707-321 ngo-1971. I-airline, eyenziwe ngo-1938, isebenza ngeenqwelo-moya eYurophu naseYurophu ukuya eMiddle East, e-Afrika, eMntla-Melika nakwi-Central Asia ukusuka kwisiseko sayo e-London Heathrow Isikhululo. Yathengwa yiBritish Airways ngenzuzo yayo ye-Heathrow ye-Heathrow e-Oktobha 2012.

• 06 we-08

  TWA

  I-New York-based carrier, eyenziwe ngo-1925, yaqala ukusebenza i-Boeing 707-120 / -320 ngo-1960. Yayinama-56 -131s, amathathu-124, i-65 -331 kunye ne-373 kwiimpahla zayo. Ngaphambi kokurhoxiswa, i-airline enye yeebini (i-Pan Am ibe enye) ivumelekile ukuba ibhabhise iindlela zehlabathi ezivela e-United States. Yafunyanwa yi-American Airlines ngoDisemba 2001.

• 07 ka 08

  Eastern Airlines

  I-Miami-based carrier yayalela i-Boeing 707s ngo-1961. Emva kokuqaphela ukuba uhlobo lwendiza lukhulu kakhulu kwimizila emifutshane, umphathi wasebenzisa i-jet ye-Eastern Air Shuttle de ibe yiletha iBoeing 727 kwiinqanawa

• 08 ka 08

  Kuwait Airways

  Le yi-Kuwait Airways Boeing 707 kwisilungiselelo sokuthutha. Umphathiswa wathenga uhlobo oluthathu ngo-1967. NgoJulayi-1980, i-airline yayinee-8 ze-Boeing 707-320Cs kwiinqwelo zayo. Batshintshwa ngowe-1980 emva kokuba umphathi we-Airbus u-A310-200 elele i-Airbus. Umphathiswa we-Middle East-based, owenziwe ngo-1954, uhambela eNyakatho Melika, eYurophu, kwi-mpuma ye-Asia ne-Indiya.