SEATTLE, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today Boeing (NYSE: BA - News) marks the 50th anniversary of the first flight of its 707 jetliner, and the point in commercial aviation history when propellers gave way to the jet age and air travel became affordable and available.
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