Oct 29, 2024 - Business
This week in history: The first Boeing 707
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On Oct. 28, 1957, the first Boeing 707 rolled off the production line at the company's factory in Renton.
- The aircraft was "the first successful commercial passenger jetliner" and "credited with inaugurating the jet age in commercial travel," per the Encyclopedia Britanica.