Boeing 707 American medium-haul airliner, Pan American
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Designed in the early ‘50s and mass-produced, the four-engined Boeing 707 airliner became the world’s second passenger jet. The maiden flight of the production-standard Boeing 707-120 took place on 20 December 1954. The commercial operation of the airliner by Pan American World Airways kicked off in autumn 1958. The passenger version of the aircraft had been in production until 1978. In all, 1,010 Boeing 707s had been built in various versions, including military ones, until 1991.