#FlashbackFriday - Ukubuka Ku-Boeing 707

I-Jet Age Jewel

I-de Havilland Comet yiyona jet yokuqala yezokuhweba emhlabeni. Kwaba nokushayela kwayo okokuqala ngo-1949, futhi ikhasimende lokuqaliswa kwezindiza, i-BOAC, lagibela i-jet ngo-Meyi 2, 1952. Kodwa emva kokuba uhlobo oluthathu luqhekekile emoyeni ngenxa yokukhathala kwensimbi, kufaka ukuphazamiseka kokukhiqiza izindiza.

Kodwa ngo-1952, ibhodi lomqondisi weBoing wazinikela imali eyizigidi eziyizigidi ezingu-16 ($ 16 million) ukuqala ukwakha i-Dash 80, i-jet yayo yokuqala, eyabonakala njengemidlalo enkulu emva kokukwenzeka ngeComet. Leso sibonelo sasiholela ekuhwebeni kwe-707 nasolwandle lwe-KC-135.

Eminyakeni emibili nje kuphela, i-707 ingasiza ekuguquleni indlela umhlaba ohamba ngayo, lapho ukuhamba kwezindiza kwehla isitimela nolwandle. Isiko se-Boeing senzelwe ama-variant angu-707 kumakhasimende ahlukene, kuhlanganise namamodeli akhethekile asekude we-Qantas Airways nezinjini ezinkulu zezintaba zaseNingizimu Afrika eziphakeme kakhulu ze-Braniff. Ingozi yezezimali eyakhokhwa, kanti i-707 yavala indiza yokuncintisana, iDouglas DC-8 ekuthengiseni.

Nakuba ama-707s ayehloselwe ukuthutha okuphakathi, ngokushesha bezindiza ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic Ocean nasezweni lonke. UBoing wanikeza ama-856 Model 707s kuzo zonke izinguqulo phakathi kuka-1957 no-1994; kulawa, ama-725, awanikezwa phakathi kuka-1957 no-1978, ayesetshenziselwa ukuhweba. Ngidale ibhodi lePinterest elithi Boeing 707. Ngezansi kukhona izithombe eziyisishiyagalombili eziyizintandokazi ezivela ebhodini.