Boeing 707-320C
The convertible 707 with a main-deck cargo door, able to carry passengers or freight. Its three-person cockpit has a flight engineer and analog gauges; many ended up as freighters and military tankers.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 470 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 375 kt
- Max operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.89
- Range
- 2,900 nm
- Service ceiling
- 42,000 ft
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 72,230 kg
- Auxiliary tanks
- 2 × 1,330 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 7,040 kg
- Main tank
- 2 × 12,320 kg
- Centre tank
- 30,870 kg
Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 3,300 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 3,300 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 1,920 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 151,500 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
- Systems
- Autopilot · Pressurised cabin · Retractable gear · Weather radar
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 194
- Minimum crew
- 3
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 151,500 kg
- Max landing weight
- 112,100 kg
- Empty weight
- 67,268 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- MPL(A) · CPL(A) · ATPL(A)
- Type rating required
- B707/720
- Extra training or endorsements
- Multi-crew cooperation (MCC)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 4× Jet
- ICAO type designator
- B703
- Wake turbulence category
- H · Heavy
- In service since
- 1963
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 46.61 m
- Wingspan
- 44.42 m
- Height
- 12.8 m
- Fuselage width
- 3.76 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Boeing 707-320CLength 46.61 m
- Boeing C-17A Globemaster IIILength 53.04 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VREFReference landing speedTarget speed over the threshold, typical value at maximum landing weight.
- 110–137 kt
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 195–226 kt
- VLEMax gear extendedHighest speed with the landing gear down.
- 320 kt
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 375 kt
- MMOMax operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.89
A range runs from light to maximum weight, or across the flap settings for VFE. The exact speed depends on weight, flaps and conditions.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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