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E uropeans where first in 1949, when the De Havilland unveiled the world's first commercial jetliner, the 36-passenger Comet developed by partner Airbus and British Aerospace.Pan Am became interested when de Havilland announced plans for a new jet capable of carrying nearly twice as many passengers. At that time, Sud Aviation,predecessor of Airbus partner Aerospatiale, was designing the Caravellejetliner. I n early 1952, Boeing developed the Dash 80 a prototype of the 707jetliner with its debute in 1954. A irlines were interested in the Boeing jet. Douglas introduced the DC-8 one year later than the 707 but was bigger and able to fly across the Atlantic nonstop. P an Am ordered 20 Boeing 707s and 25 DC-8s becoming the first US airline to fly jets, followed by United Airlines with an order of 30 DC-8S. O n october 26 1958 Pan Am boeing 707 left Idlewild (now JFK) on the first scheduled transatlantic jet passenger to Paris. I n 1960 Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglas and began developing jumbo jet. The Boeing 747and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 with service in early 1970s. Today the new version the747-400 and the MD-11 jumbos are still in service. In 1964 Boeing offered a three engine 727 jet for medium range flights. Douglas offered the DC-9 twinjet in 1965. In 1967 the best-selling jetliner in history the Boeing 737 was developed. More than 2,800 delivered. N ovember 1962: Franco-British agreement on the construction of a supersonic aircraft. March 1969 first flight of the Concorde January 1976 first commercial flight on the Paris Dakar - Rio route. November 1977 Daily service between Paris and New York inaugurated. T he first boeing 757 rolled out of the factory in 1982. S eptember 26, 1981 first flight of the 767. Followed by the Boeing 777 C ommercial aviation was born in 1927 after Congress forced the Post Office to fly mail to distant cities. I n 1928 Boeing introduced the Model 80 a passenger plane (23 hours flight from San Francisco to Chicago). T he De Havilland in 1932 had a cruising speed of 100 mph with a range of 714.00 miles. M ost popular airplane, the immortal DC-3 first flight Dec.17,1935 21 passengers - 195 mph -range 1,480 miles,more than 10,300 were produced. O ctober 23,1936 Pan Am's Martin (Philippine Clipper) arrive in Hong Kong to establish the first commercial air service between North America and Asia. M ay 1953 the DC-7 was introduced, it was the first commercial transport able to fly non stop cost to cost the USA. |