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Boeing 707-420 (707-465) · G-ARWD · The Boeing Company

Boeing 707-420 (707-465) illustration in The Boeing Company livery Illustrative image; it may differ from the actual aircraft.

Boeing 707-420 (707-465)

B707-18372Scrapped
RegistrationGBG-ARWD
OperatorThe Boeing Company
4operators
0incidents
0accidents
0logbook years
0photos

Boeing 707-420 (707-465) built in 1962. Operated for Cunard Eagle Airways Bermuda, BOAC, British Airtours and Air Mauritius. Scrapped.

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Technical data

ManufacturerBoeing
First flight1962
Country of registrationReino Unido
MSN18372
VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Boeing 707

Figures for the 707-320C variant, the most representative of the family

Length46.6 m153 ft
Wingspan44.4 m146 ft
Height12.8 m42 ft
Range6,820 km3,683 NMWith a typical passenger load
Cruise speed886 km/h478 ktMach 0.83
Service ceiling12,800 m41,995 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)
Maximum take-off weight151,318 kg333,599 lb
Maximum payload84,050 kg185,298 lbIts 194 passengers with baggage would weigh about 19.4 t; the rest is fuel and cargo
Typical capacity194 passengers
Endurance7 h 42 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

The type first flew in 1957 (69 years ago) · About 1,010 units built · Production ended in 1979

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1962
Built
Assembled by Boeing.
Feb 16, 1962
Delivered to The Boeing Company
Delivered to The Boeing Company as VR-BBW.
Feb 27, 1962
Transferred to Cunard Eagle Airways Bermuda
Transferred to Cunard Eagle Airways Bermuda.
Sep 1, 1962
Transferred to BOAC
Transferred to BOAC.
Jan 1, 1973
Transferred to British Airtours
Transferred to British Airtours.
Apr 1, 1979
Transferred to Air Mauritius
Transferred to Air Mauritius.
May 1, 1981
Transferred to The Boeing Company
Transferred to The Boeing Company.

Operators

1962-02-16
The Boeing Company
Registration VR-BBW
1962-02-27
Cunard Eagle Airways Bermuda
Registration VR-BBW
1962-09-01
BOAC
Registration G-ARWD
1973-01-01
British Airtours
Registration G-ARWD
1979-04-01
Air Mauritius
Registration G-ARWD
1981-05-01
The Boeing Company
Registration G-ARWD

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The register of memories is not open on this aircraft yet. We are enabling it gradually, record by record, as we consolidate each aircraft's information.

Before opening it we check the aircraft identity — its registration, its serial number and its model — against the civil register of the authority that registered it, so that every memory belongs to the exact aircraft that lived it. When that work reaches this record, the register will open here.

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Boeing 707-420 (707-465) · G-ARWD · The Boeing Company}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
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  date         = {2026-10-15},
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  urldate      = {2026-10-19},
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Wikipedia

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