1959-built Boeing 707 in Boeing 787 Dreamliner Livery

[Abbas Ali]

Boeing 707-138 (construction number 17702) built in 1959 has been painted in Boeing 787 Dreamliner livery. This Boeing 707 was delivered as brand new aircraft to Qantas on September 18, 1959.

Photo taken at Miami International Airport, Florida, USA, on January 10, 2011.

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Abbas

[haroon_ek]

With regards to the fact that Pratt & Whitney were fitted into most of the 707 aircrafts, I am wondering whether Pratt & Whitney dominated the industry in those times or anyone else. Nowadays I mostly see RR engines being installed in most of the wide body aircrafts (I might be wrong with this thinking )

Any ideas Mr. Abbas?

[Abbas Ali]

^ Majority of Boeing 707s indeed were powered with Pratt & Whitney engines. Few Boeing 707s delivered to operators like BOAC and Air India were powered with Rolls Royce engines.

Some of the last military variants of Boeing 707 were powered with CFM engines.

In 1960s Pratty & Whitney led civil jet aircraft engines sales market by powering major US-built jetliners like DC-8, Boeing 707, 727 and 737.

In early 1970s Pratt & Whitney began to face competition from General Electric when it began offering engines for powering widebody aircraft types like Boeing 747, Airbus A300, DC-10 etc.

According to info on the web, presently General Electric at number 1 position leads commercial aircraft engines sale market followed by Rolls Royce at number 2 position. Pratt & Whitney is at number 3 position in engines sales market.

Abbas