<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Boeing 707 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Former Qantas 707 - 138B then owned by John Travolta at the 2007 Paris Air Show </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Role </Th> <Td> Narrow - body jet airliner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> National origin </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Manufacturer </Th> <Td> Boeing Commercial Airplanes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First flight </Th> <Td> December 20, 1957 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Introduction </Th> <Td> October 1958 with Pan American World Airways </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Status </Th> <Td> In limited cargo service </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Primary users </Th> <Td> Trans World Airlines (historical) Continental Airlines (historical) Pan Am (historical) Saha Airlines (historical) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Produced </Th> <Td> 1957--1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Number built </Th> <Td> 865 (excludes Boeing 720 model) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Unit cost </Th> <Td> US $4.3 M (1955) ($39.3 M today) - 320B / C: US $10 / 10.5 M (1972) ($58.5 / 61.4 M today) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Developed from </Th> <Td> Boeing 367 - 80 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Variants </Th> <Td> Boeing 720 Boeing C - 137 Stratoliner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Developed into </Th> <Td> Boeing E-3 Sentry Boeing E-6 Mercury Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Boeing 707 </Th> </Tr>

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