How many had flown on a 707?

[JoelH]

Hi all,

I'm interested to see who ever had the pleasure and privilege of flying on a 707? My first flight was a China Airlines 707-320C from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung on Christmas Day 1982. Because I was very young I couldn't remember much of what happened except we got upgraded to First Class due to overbooking in Economy and the flight seemed to last forever with an extremely loud cabin noise (it was even more so to a 4 year-old having his first ever flight ).

A photo of the same type in CAL livery is shown here:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=328237

Anyone had flown on this type? Feel free to share your impressions and thoughts about the type of plane.

Cheers,

Joel

[uy707]

Congratulations, good to read your first ever flight was on board a 707
First flight and altogether first jetliner in my book, at age 7, 1962, route Douala-Paris/Orly, airline Air France, version 328, rego F-BHSD/"Chäteau de Chennonceau. Return from MRS with sister-ship F-BHSB.
Also flew with AF the following
328 - BHSN
328B- BHSX / BLCA / BLLB / BLCE
328C- BLCG / BLCH / BLCI / BLCK / BLCL
in addition to AF and experiences spreading to 1994
Olympic - SX-DBD - ATH-CFU
Air Malta - CS-TBU ORY-MLA rtrun with 720B 9H-AAM
Air Portugal - CS-TBA/TBB/TBD - ORY-LIS-BZV-LIS
Tarom - YR-ABA, BUH-ORY (piece of luck, change of equipment)
Sabena - OO-SJH - DLA-KAN-BRU - was configurated as a Combi, 5 pallets + pax
TEA -
both OO-TEC (131) and TYC (328B) over Air Inter schedules, flying with IT when on strike was always interesting and spicier than the regular A300s/Mercures ...
Sobelair - OO-SJU - ORY-BOD & vv (IT schedules)
Lufthansa - D-ABUK - FRA-NCE
Royal Air Maroc - CN-RMB - NCE-MRS
Cameroon Airlines - both F-BHSB and TJ-CAA - DLA-ORY several
Air Madagascar - both as F-BLCB and 5R-MFK - ORY-MRS / DKR-LPA over an AF flt
Ethiopian Airlines - DLA-EEB-NBO-ADD, non stop return with a 720B
Kenya Airways- 5Y-BBJ - LHR-ATH
Scibe Zaire - 9Q-CBM - ORY-PUF & vv (IT schedules)
MEA - OD-AGV & AHC + 720B OD-AGF - over a few IT and UT schedules.
Air Lanka - 4R-ALA - ORY-ZRH
Alia - JY-AES - BRU-GVA
Kuwait - 9K-ACK - FCO-GVA
Sierra Leone Airlines - JY-AEB - ORY-LGW
Air Seychelles - S7-4HM - LGW-FRA
Pan Am - first one - 1974 - N887PA - NCE-BCN-LIS-JFK, also flew 414PA, 882PA and 886PA
TWA - first ride with 331C - N788TW in arrow c/s - 1977 - route NCE-GVA-JFK & vv
also
131Bs/331/331Bs and another 331C in arrow c/s (N794TW) as late as 07/79.
Western - N1504 - SFO-LAX
American - 123B - N7515A - SAN-LAX
Ladeco - N732Q / CC-CYB - EZE-SCL & vv
Lan Chile - CC-CEI - ORY-FRA
Avianca - HK1402 - MVD-EZE
Saeta - HC-BLY - UIO-GYE & vv
Ecuatoriana - HC-BHC - CCS-BOG-UIO
Varig - PP-VLN - GIG-BSB
Transbrasil - PT-TCL - BSB-GIG
Aerolineas Argentinas - LV-ISC - EZE-CCS & vv
LAP - all three ZP-CCE/F and G - route BRU-MAD-DKR-ASU-EZE-ASU-DKR-BRU
36 airlines, 70 or so different airframes, 105 rides
Also flew the 720, for which I keep a separate record.
Hope I did not forget something en route

[G-APEY]

Wow, that's some list for 707 flights! Quite a few former regulars there I remember from when I lived near LHR.

A type that I always wanted to fly, but sadly never had the chance

[JonyJay2]

My first flight on any aircraft was on a 707.

1st) 1970 Olympic Airways 707 JFK-ATH (Helinikon)

2nd) 1972 Olympic Airways 707 London-ATH (Helinikon)

3rd) 1977 American Airlines 707 JFK-BWI

[GreekNYC747]

Hello JonyJay

I too did a few domestic runs on B707 in Greece, before they were gone. OA squeezed a few more years out of them using them in domestic routes only. Same with the B727s.

[a78jumper]

Many, many times on the 707-347Cs that belonged to 437 Sqn of the Canadian Forces. First flight would have been late June 1979 from Trenton-Vancouver, and the last one was Ottawa-Lahr, Germany in August 1992. Places vistied in the interim in a 707 included Goose Bay, Gatwick, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Larnaca, Shearwater, and Comox.

Never flew on a civilian 707.
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[maverick]

I've flown on a KC-135, does that count?

It was a pretty fun experience, except it was kinda cold, the heater didn't work very well. Plus there were only 4 windows in the cabin. Still, one of the coolest flights I've been on.

[uy707]

I've flown on a KC-135, does that count?

It was a pretty fun experience, except it was kinda cold, the heater didn't work very well. Plus there were only 4 windows in the cabin. Still, one of the coolest flights I've been on.

Congrats for this flight. But ...

Yes and No
Yes, it looks like a 707 externally
No, it's a completely different family of aircraft and another story.
For some,
the cabin diameter is not the same.
the construction alloys and structures are not the same
list goes on
Personnally I keep a different record as I also do for the much closer related 720/Seven Twenty.

JohnJay2 and GreekNYC747

So did I, my short hop was an ATH-CFU on board SX-DBD. The last three rows on the right side were used for Medevac. The finals at CFU at 7.00am over the typical island monastery were pretty great.

Alain

[paulc]

Have been on 707 of British Airtours between Gatwick and Palma + Gatwick - Crete
Also flown on SX-DBI Olympic 720 between Heraklion & Athens.

[transitfan]

I only had the pleasure of flying on a 707 twice:

1. AA ORD-IAH 4/73 (this was a charter flight, surprisingly the return flight was a 727. Maybe AA needed to position the 707 ai IAH for whatever reason)

2. TW JFK-ORD 5/75 (This was a regularly scheduled flight, I guess the flight was continuing to the west coast, can't imagine a 707 flying JFK-ORD only)
Like before, the return flight was a 727.

[uy707]

I only had the pleasure of flying on a 707 twice:

1. AA ORD-IAH 4/73 (this was a charter flight, surprisingly the return flight was a 727. Maybe AA needed to position the 707 ai IAH for whatever reason)

2. TW JFK-ORD 5/75 (This was a regularly scheduled flight, I guess the flight was continuing to the west coast, can't imagine a 707 flying JFK-ORD only)
Like before, the return flight was a 727.

Sure they did, operated alongside the 727s, shorty 131Bs were commonly scheduled on O & Ds 2hrs & something services.

Alain

[TAP-A343]

I flew on a Boeing 707 only twice back in Easter 1983.

The first flight was CAI-LXR-ASW on a Egypt Air plane. This plane looked old and had Air France's logo of the 60's on the seat belt buckles. This flight was very smooth but I don't remember ever experiencing so cramped seats on a plane and I was only 13 almost 14. Anyway, passengers were invited to visit the cockpit in-flight and I didn't miss this chance, of course. I believe this was a B707-320B but I'm not sure about the variant.

The second flight was LXR-CAI on a similar plane. I remember this flight was delayed for more than one hour due to a technical problem, I presume, because there were still some people inspecting an engine while we were already boarding the plane. This was the strangest flight I ever had. The plane took off, climbed, descended and flew the lowest I have ever experienced on a jet plane. I have the feeling that it almost didn't have to descend much to land. I wonder if the pilot was flying so low just in case a crash landing on the desert would be needed. The landing was smooth but the reverse thrust seemed very asymmetrical. I'm not a pilot but it seemed to me that there was something wrong with this plane.

Here are two photos I took of the first plane:

http://www.jetphotos.net/forums/atta...ntid=401&stc=1


http://www.jetphotos.net/forums/atta...ntid=402&stc=1

Regards.

[wannabepilot777]

I flew on the Dash-80 when Boeing and the Meuseum of Flight restored it for the Smithsonian. Does that count?

[uy707]

I flew on the Dash-80 when Boeing and the Meuseum of Flight restored it for the Smithsonian. Does that count?

Although I would go for a separate record mentioning Boeing 367-80 as for the type, let me write : GOSH !!! CONGRATS, I'am jealous, another reason to regret not to have made anything possible to reach Boeing Field !!! Once again CONGRATS for this unique take.

TAP-A343
Nice there too, the AF logo on seat buckles leaves me as perplex ....
In fact EGY operated at one time or another
- 5 models 120Bs
- 2 models 320Bs, sorry no former AF there
and 13 models 320C, one 351C purshased used, and 12 models 366C delivered new.
Alain

[TAP-A343]

TAP-A343
Nice there too, the AF logo on seat buckles leaves me as perplex ....
In fact EGY operated at one time or another
- 5 models 120Bs
- 2 models 320Bs, sorry no former AF there
and 13 models 320C, one 351C purshased used, and 12 models 366C delivered new.
Alain

Hi Alain,

Like I wrote, I'm not sure about the B707 type I flew on. However, I'm quite sure about the AF logo on the seat buckles and as far as I remember the seats were light blue. Unfortunately, at that time I didn't know what an aircraft registration was. Didn't Egypt Air at any point buy or lease a B707 previously owned by AF?

This plane seemed to be at least 20 years old in 1983, so I would assume that it was built in the early 60's. Does the title "Air Lease Egypt" in the front of the plane give you any clue?

Unfortunately, I'm not an expert on airline fleets but it would be very interesting for me if you could find anything about this subject.

Regards.