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BOEING'S 707 JET TRANSPORT came through its maiden test flight with flying colors. The 707, which can be used either as a transport or a tanker to refuel jet bombers, used only 2,100 ft. of runway to take off from Renton Airport near Seattle, cruised smoothly...
This week Boeing's new 707 is scheduled to speed down the runway, and go skyward on her maiden flight...
...engineers watched, the 707 's four jets started up with a low whine that rose to a scream, then a roar. The engine tests took three days. Then the chocks were pulled from the wheels, and the big plane rolled down the runway, circled and rolled back again, swaying as Chief Test Pilot Alvin M. Johnston checked rudder and ailerons, bucking as he eased on the brakes. On an earlier taxi test, the 95-ton ship had snapped a landing-gear support, had to be sent back to the shops for repairs (TIME, May 31). Last week "Tex" Johnston...
Forced Landing. In Malton, Ont., when police saw Lyquint Kekoler sprinting down a runway of the local airport flapping his arms, they quickly nabbed him, despite his protest: "I'm trying to take off for Ottawa to discuss the world situation with the Prime Minister...
Boeing Airplane Co.'s engineers lined the runway at their Renton, Wash, plant one sunny day last week to see their swept-wing 707, the first U.S. jet tanker-transport, get ready for her maiden flight. As they watched, Chief Test Pilot Tex Johnson gunned the four engines from an idling whine to a full roar, let the big jet sweep down the runway at 80 m.p.h., then eased on the brakes to test the 95-ton plane's ground response. After the first ground run, Tex gave his opinion: "A lovely ship." But Tex spoke too soon...