B707 pic question.

I’m sure I’ve got some footage somewhere of that barrel roll in front of startled Boeing executives.

If you look above in this thread you shall see I have included a link of this very same footage.

It is brilliant stuff 🙂

TNZ

Southend

Still 2 at Southend

EL-AKJ with a burnt cockpit.

HZ-123 a -100 the oldest potential flyer. ex Qantas

somebody come an save her. Do Qantas know…..???

The only passenger carrying 707 in the world left is based in Iran. the name of the airline wont pop up in my heaad. I also don’t know what destinations they fly to.
The photo is real. This aircraft has it’s flaps fully deployed. At this pitch at landing speed it would descend. I think it’s flying 150-160 knots.

You’re thinking of Saha Air who operate ex-IRIAF 707 tankers on passenger services in Iran and around the Gulf.

Here is an account of a Saha Air 707 flight by Jérome Krier with lots of photos!

The photo above is from an airshow in South Africa if I’m not mistaken.

I’m sure I’ve got some footage somewhere of that barrel roll in front of startled Boeing executives.

What is it about 707’s – they’re one of my favourite types too, but I can’t explain why.

I only flew on a 720B once, in the early 80’s, and it was horrible – noisy, falling apart inside, no air conditioning that I could feel…..yet I would still love to ride in one.

I feel the same way about Viscounts – I used to regularly fly in them as a child and they were horrible too.

Does anyone know how I could fly in a 707 today?

Its called ‘nostalgia’ and a sign that we are getting old! The 707 and Viscount are classics, being the first Boeing jet airliner, whilst the Viscount was the first operational turbo-prop airliner. They are milestones in flight and will always be remembered with much fondness.

The only passenger carrying 707 in the world left is based in Iran. the name of the airline wont pop up in my heaad. I also don’t know what destinations they fly to.
The photo is real. This aircraft has it’s flaps fully deployed. At this pitch at landing speed it would descend. I think it’s flying 150-160 knots.

What is it about 707’s – they’re one of my favourite types too, but I can’t explain why.

I only flew on a 720B once, in the early 80’s, and it was horrible – noisy, falling apart inside, no air conditioning that I could feel…..yet I would still love to ride in one.

I feel the same way about Viscounts – I used to regularly fly in them as a child and they were horrible too.

Does anyone know how I could fly in a 707 today?

Great, thanks for the replies !!!

BTW if anyone ever wants to see the footage of the 367-80 rolling click here…be warned, is a 20MB file but a good interview with Tex Johnson as well !!
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/707%20Roll.mpg

TNZ

It is a genuine photo.

The Captain had apparently heard about the British Airways VC-10 Low flyby at a british airshow and wanted to replicate it in his own way.

This is the result.

I would say that photo is genuine, as you can see the shadow beneath it! They have a habit of writing-off 707s in that part of the world and now you can see why?

Now I know this is definitely NOT a fake….!!!!

Wow, if only to have been there and seen the 367-80 roll not once but twice !!!