• Top view of commercial jet with four engines and Boeing livery. People are crowded around the prototype jet.
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    Rollout of Boeing Model 367-80 (707 prototype, r/n N70700) at the Boeing plant, Renton, Washington, May 14, 1954. Jet passenger service began in the United States in the late 1950s with the introduction of Boeing 707 (pictured here) and Douglas DC-8 airliners.

  • Top view of commercial jet with four engines and Boeing livery. People are crowded around the prototype jet.

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May 14, 1954

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