#FlashbackFriday - A Dubi Boeing 707

Jet Age Jewel

The Havilland Comet shine jetin jigilar kasuwanci na farko a duniya. Tana da jirgin farko na farko a 1949, kuma abokin ciniki na kamfanin jirgin sama, BOAC, ya tashi jirgin sama a ranar 2 ga watan Mayu, 1952. Amma bayan da uku daga cikin irin wannan ya farfado a cikin iska saboda gajiya mai tsanani, sai ya sanya komai a kan jirgin sama.

Amma a shekara ta 1952, daraktan daraktan Boeing ya ba da dala miliyan 16 don fara gina Dash 80, jet na farko, wanda aka gani a matsayin babbar caca bayan abin da ya faru da Comet. Wannan samfurin ya jagoranci kasuwancin kasuwanci 707 da kuma KC-135 mai tanadi.

A cikin shekaru biyu kawai, 707 zasu taimaka wajen sauya hanyar da duniya ke tafiya, inda jirgin iska ke tafiya a kan iyakoki da teku. Bugu da kari Boeing ya tsara sababbin nau'o'in 707 ga abokan ciniki daban-daban, ciki har da samfurori na musamman na Qantas Airways da kuma manyan injuna don hanyoyin hawan kudancin Amirka ta Kudu. Haɗarin kudi ya biya, kuma 707 da suka wuce filin jirgin sama, Douglas DC-8 a cikin tallace-tallace.

Ko da yake an yi amfani da 707 zuwa matsakaici na zamani, ba da daɗewa ba suna tafiya a cikin Atlantic Ocean da kuma fadin nahiyar. Boeing ya kawo 856 Samfurin 707 a dukan juyi tsakanin 1957 da 1994; daga cikin waɗannan, 725, da aka kawo tsakanin 1957 zuwa 1978, sun kasance don amfani da kasuwanci. Na kirkiro Boeing 707. A ƙasa akwai hotuna takwas da suka fi so daga hukumar.