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The Boeing 720 is an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes . Announced in July 1957 as a 707 derivative for shorter flights from shorter runways, the 720 first flew on November 23, 1959. Its type certificate was issued on June 30, 1960, and it entered service with United Airlines on July 5, 1960.
N833NA, the Boeing 720 aircraft involved in the test. NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted a joint program for the acquisition, demonstration, and validation of technology for the improvement of transport aircraft occupant crash survivability using a large, four-engine, remotely piloted transport airplane in a controlled impact demonstration (CID).
The Starship, N7201U (S/N: 17907), was the first Boeing 720 built. It was delivered to United Airlines in October 1960 and then purchased in 1973 by Contemporary Entertainment. [1] English rock band Led Zeppelin used the aircraft for their 1973 and 1975 North American concert tours.
The aircraft was a Boeing 720-040B [note 1] with the registration AP-AMH and manufacturer's serial number 18379; it was first flown on 19 October 1962 and delivered to Pakistan International Airlines on 7 November 1962. [6] At the time of the accident, the aircraft had flown 8378 hours. [6]
Caesar's Chariot had been converted from a regular Boeing 720 into a 45-seat plane. For the 1977 tour, the fuselage of the plane was painted with the 'Led Zeppelin' and ' Swan Song ' logos. It was also fitted with huge, overstuffed-chair type seating, and there was a bar and private rooms for each member and a Hammond organ .
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Captain Roy W. Almquist, aged 47, had accumulated 17,385 flight hours, 150 of which were on the Boeing 720. He had type ratings in the DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-7, Lockheed L-188 Electra and the Boeing 720. [6] First officer Robert J. Feller, aged 38, had accumulated 11,799 flight hours, 1,093 of which were on the Boeing 720.
All 153 people on board survived uninjured. July 1: Continental Airlines Flight 12, a 707-124 N70773 overran the runway and crashed at Kansas City, Missouri, United States, with no casualties. [ 1] August 21: Middle East Airlines 720-047B is damaged beyond repair by shelling at Beirut, Lebanon.