VietNamNet Bridge – A Boeing 707 has been exposed to rain and shine for decades on the campus of the HCM City flight training center, about 1 km from Tan Son Nhat International Airport.


 

This Boeing 707 was manufactured in 1957. It is now located in a wasteland near the Tan Son Nhat flight training center on Hong Ha Road, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City. This aircraft has been here since 1975.

 

 

 
 

Under the wings is the sign - VN-A304 - of Vietnam Airlines. The aircraft has a length of about 30 meters, a wingspan of about 15 meters. It was once used as a café.

 

 
 

Boeing 707 is the first version of a passenger jet manufactured in the USA. It was the largest passenger aircraft at that time with 181 seats, speed of 966 km/h, and a travel route up to 4,828 km.

 

 

 
 

The major tires are nearly intact although the aircraft has been here for nearly 40 years.

 

 

 
 

The aircraft is now home to wild cats.

 

 

 
 

The luggage compartment of the aircraft. 

 

 

 
 

The scene of devastation in the passenger compartment.

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

The Boeing 707 is now empty because equipment and machinery were dismantled for training activities. B707 aircraft was once called “a revolution in aviation”.


VNE