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Amid all the 787 roll-out hoopla, perhaps the coolest event went unnoticed. On Saturday night, Boeing had all of the 787 airline representatives at an event at the Museum of Flight. At 7:07 PM, an Omega Air Refueling Services 707 landed in front of the crowd (after taking off from Paine Field in Everrett). At 7:17, an AirTran 717 landed. This continued until 8:17 when an Air France 777-300ER landed. In the end, the 717, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777 were lined up nose-to-tail on the taxiway. It is the first time Boeing has had every 7-series airplane in the same place (not counting the 787, which couldn’t make the flight, of course). – Picture provided by The Boeing Company

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By: cloud_9 - 15th November 2010 at 16:32

Boeing 737-3000 – The all new Boeing 737-3000 is a all new jet with a greater range than all the previous 737’s. The turbine jet engines are being replaced by 4 all new Fiat 500 engines (slightly tuned). Because of these new engines the 737 can fly at an altitude of 200+ feet with a cruise speed of around 12 Knots. With its fuel capacity it can carry almost 3 passengers (along with 2 pilots and 5 flight attendants)around the world without refueling! Unfortunately this is only a prototype and will never be sold. Pictures are not available yet.

Haha, that made me laugh!:)

And after initial sales, an improved “3000 GTi” could be brought out, this time with 4 all new Porsche 911 engines …!:D:diablo:

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By: Ship 741 - 14th November 2010 at 13:46

And then there was the 2707:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_2707

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By: Arabella-Cox - 14th November 2010 at 08:21

Some more Boeing 7 series with a short narrative 😀 :

Boeing 007 – wasn’t a big success as a airplane
Boeing 7×7 = 49 – 400* – A aircraft currently at the pre production phase, it will carry up to 324 & 1/2 passengers, and will be powered by the recently retrieved planet Jupiter. It’s speed has been rumoured to be in 15,000 mp/h region and over 5,000 orders have been placed for it already, according to a team of engineers working on the mock airframe.
It does have its sceptics however, with rivals Airbus claiming their new prototype, the McAirbus Deluxe mp/h will be powered by a much more efficent salvaged Chernobyl reactor and a highly advanced autopilot system, which will run off a Commordore 64 CPU. Boeing’s CEO shot down these claims as “nonsense” and further added that the staff at Airbus should “stop eating so many frogs”
Boeing 737-3000 – The all new Boeing 737-3000 is a all new jet with a greater range than all the previous 737’s. The turbine jet engines are being replaced by 4 all new Fiat 500 engines (slightly tuned). Because of these new engines the 737 can fly at an altitude of 200+ feet with a cruise speed of around 12 Knots. With its fuel capacity it can carry almost 3 passengers (along with 2 pilots and 5 flight attendants)around the world without refueling! Unfortunately this is only a prototype and will never be sold. Pictures are not available yet.

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By: Grey Area - 14th November 2010 at 08:12

…. and no 720, either! :p

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By: Ship 741 - 14th November 2010 at 01:32

Just for the record, it appears this happened over 3 years ago…….thus no 787.

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By: nJayM - 13th November 2010 at 14:25

Why not – great publicity and history unfolding

I remember seeing some sort of video showing them lining up one after the other.
They also arrived at Boeing Field at a time matching their model number.

The 707 arrived at 7:07pm. The 717 at 7:17pm and so on. Obviously the 67 and 77 arrived after 8pm. Master planning.

Why not – great publicity and history unfolding and sure fantastic planning.

Thumbs up to Boeing.

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By: Bmused55 - 12th November 2010 at 22:26

I remember seeing some sort of video showing them lining up one after the other.
They also arrived at Boeing Field at a time matching their model number.

The 707 arrived at 7:07pm. The 717 at 7:17pm and so on. Obviously the 67 and 77 arrived after 8pm. Master planning.

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By: Grey Area - 12th November 2010 at 21:32

If there was no 720, then it is not correct to say that every 7-series aeroplane (except the 787) was present. Nice picture, all the same.

Not a proper 717 though…

Only half of the required number of engines, for a start. 😉

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By: Cking - 12th November 2010 at 20:53

Fantastic! Now lets see a formation:D
They must have been dead miffed that the plastic pig couldn’t have been there

Rgds Cking

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By: TheMightyOz - 12th November 2010 at 20:02

Not a proper 717 though…

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By: Levsha - 12th November 2010 at 19:54

Don’t forget, Concorde is in the picture too…:)

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By: PMN - 12th November 2010 at 19:32

I just opened that and immediately beamed a massive smile. What a brilliant photo that represents so much in the world of commercial aviation. Love it!

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