Boeing 707

[Pat Carry]

Other than the ex-presidential aircarft and the KC-135 airframes are there any Boeing 707's on display in museums in passenger configuration? Its such a great looking plane you would think there would be some around. I would love to see one dressed in Pan American Airways or American Airlines colors. Oh yeah, I just remembered there is one at Udvar Hazy. Any others?

[PBO]

Did have a complete one here in the UK, but when support was withdrawn for the British Airways collection, a number of the aircraft were disposed of and reduced to nose sections or, in the case of a Trident, scrapped completely - the 707 was reduced to a forward fuselage, but is now in BOAC colours

http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum ... t_age.aspx

[Cessna172RG]

Boeing 707-330B CC-CCG of LAN-Chile is currently being recovered at Chile's Aviation Museum. When completed it is planned to fit a cinema/classroom inside.

Regards,

[Andy in West Oz]

Hi Pat, the Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach, Queensland has the historic VH-XBA on display.

http://www.qfom.com.au/707.html

[Pat Carry]

Hi Pat, the Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach, Queensland has the historic VH-XBA on display.

http://www.qfom.com.au/707.html

Thanks for the link. Thats one good looking airplane!

[Pat Carry]

Does John Travolta still fly a 707?

[Andy in West Oz]

Yes, a former Qantas aircraft. He is a roving ambassador for the airline. I last heard he had flown it into Haiti loaded with supplies and Scientology healers.

[T J Johansen]

For 707/ 720s this site might be of interest.

http://www.aviation-friends-cologne.de/ ... 707eng.htm

T J

[Fred]

For the Qantas VH-XBA and Travolta's N707JT they are -138b version wich is basicaly a shortened -120 and only 13 of them where specially built only for Qantas. VH-XBA is the very first one,and Travolta's airframe is actually the very last one, and are the only two survivors.

[k5083]

Intact passenger 707s are also on display at the Musee de 'Air at Le Bourget, France, and at the air force museums of South Africa and Israel.

August

[WallyB]

There's one in NASA colors up on stilts, gear down at the entrance intersection of Ellington Air Base in Houston. Being a NASA bird, I haven't a clue what model or it's internal configuration or even its N#. It's an eye catching display but its' still an airplane on a pole, outside in the elements.
Any other Houston area WIXer's got any more info on it?

N930NA is a KC-135A ex-59-1481, the one-time 'Vomit Comet'.

[The Inspector]

and, virtually NOTHING from a 707 will fit on a -135, two absolutely different and distinct airframes. The only parts I'm aware of that are CLASS 'A' interchangeable between the two (that's right out of the box and install with no modifications allowed) are the cockpit windows, fixed, sliders, side vision and eyeballs and a standard fiberglass style radome.

[JBoyle]

Too bad there isn't a nice "time capsule" passenger 707 on display in the USA.

Agreed!
I can't believe there isn't one somewhere and there ceratinly should be considering its significance.
American should try to get one for their collection or to donate to NASM...good advertising being seem by hundreds of thousands a year in D.C. if nothing else.

I'd love to see the MoF (aka: The Boeing Museum ) get one... Nice and stock with 60's style interior. They could probably find the old-style of open overhead racks (pre-"wide body look") from a Hollywood studio.
The other day I watched Steve McQueen's "Bullit", and there are some great shots of Pan Am 707s, the intteriors were reall old school with the addition of TVs very few rows in the overhead areas.

When I visited the American Museum just south of DFW a few years back, I was told that Travolta did his recurring training at AA's campus there. At that time they had one of the few 707 sims left.