My favourite aircraft type has always been the Boeing 707 - it has a look to it that I believe has never been improved upon. My first flight was on a Boeing 707, on July 13th 1969 when I flew aboard a World Airways 707 from Belfast to Toronto. Thought I might share a few 707 (and 720 shots) from Toronto in the 1970's and 80's.
Wardair was one of the first Canadian charter carriers and operated several 707's
TWA 707's were not a common sight at Toronto, although we did get 2 or 3 charters per year
Sabena were very rare at Toronto - this example is shown on pushback from the now demolished AeroQuay (Terminal 1)
Pan Am usually operated 5 or 6 charter flights per year, many over the March Break period
Ontario Worldair operated 2 707's, C-GRYN shown and C-GRYO
Olympic operated regular scheduled flights to Toronto
Montana 707-138B, the short version, on a charter program in 1979
Maersk operated a series of Boeing 727 charters in 1980 - shown approaching gate 104 at Terminal 2
Libyan Arab on an extremely rare flight to Toronto
Caribban Airways and BWIA were regular visitors
British Midland 707's were a frequent sight in the early 80's - I once saw the carriers entire fleet of 3 707's on Terminal 1 Gates at the same time
American used to operate 707's between YYZ and JFK - now downgraded to ERJ's and CRJ's
Hope you enjoy a little bit of the past
Cheers
Trevor
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