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Which Boeing jetliner ushered the United States into the jet age with Pan Am in 1958?

The Boeing 707.

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Why: Pan Am opened international Boeing 707 service in October 1958. The fast, long-range jet helped transform commercial air travel.

Huh, didn't know that: Douglas soon answered the 707 with its own jet, the DC-8.

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Why did the 707 always have the right answer? It was a jet of all trades.
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Answer: Boeing 707. Pan Am opened international Boeing 707 service in October 1958. The fast, long-range jet helped transform commercial air travel.

  1. Boeing 367-80 Jet Transport, National Air and Space Museum airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/boeing-367-80-jet-transport/nasm_A19730272000
    In October 1958 Pan American ushered the jet age into the United States when it opened international service with the Boeing 707 in October 1958.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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