AMERICAN AIRLINES BOEING 707 ASTROJET PROMOTIONAL FILM 46134

Support Our Channel : American Airlines and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft (a division of United Aircraft Corporation) bring the viewer “The 707 Astrojet” — a 1961 color film touting the aircraft. Called “a familiar friend” to the modern traveler, a silver passenger jet is shown in flight as the narrator explains (starting at mark 00:52) the American Airlines wanted to bring its clients a more powerful aircraft with higher cruising speeds and shorter take-off and landing capabilities. At mark 02:19, he details the design of American Airlines’ jets as an engineer illustrates the description on paper — “a study in simplicity.” At mark 03:51, he explains that Pratt & Witney engineers improved upon the design by adding a fan and outer shroud to an existing engine design, increasing thrust. “It was called a turbo fan, or fan jet,” the narrator says at mark 04:30, as another engine illustration fills the screen before moving onto scenes of the engine’s construction. Th