Boeing 707 ke bogareng ba bo-e bogolo bo lekaneng, nako e telele, e moqotetsane-'mele li' ne enjene jete sefofane seo hahiloeng ke Boeing Commercial lifofane tloha ka 1958 go 1979. Lebitso la eona ka tloaelo go phatlalatsa e le "seven oh seven". Liphetolelong tsa baetsi ba lifofane ba na le bokgoni ba go tloha bapalami ba nkang 140 ho 219 le mefuta e fapaneng ya 2.500 go 5.750 lik'hilomithara tse nautical (4,630 go 10.650 km). 707 e ile ntshetswa pele ho tloha Boeing 367-80, mochine o sa jete sa ea pele ea tlisoa ka lifofane ka 1954. A kholoanyane fuselage a cross-karolo ya le diphetolo tse ling fella ka hore ebe qalong-tlhahiso 707-120, tsamaisoa ka Pratt & Whitney JT3C dienjini turbojet, e leng ea pele sefofane mabapi le 20 December 1957. Pan American World Airways e tomile e 707 tšebeletso ea hae mabapi le 26 October 1958. Hamorao derivatives akarelletsa shortened nako e telele 707-138 le 707-320 otlolla, tseo ka bobeli li kenela tšebeletso ka 1959. a short- tse nyenyane tse fapaneng tsena lia fetana, e 720, e ne e hlahiswa ka 1960.