Passenger travel
Aviation owes a huge debt to Sir Frank Whittle's jet engine, which transformed air travel, bringing flying to the masses.
Fast, efficient airliners that could carry hundreds of paying passengers and vast cargoes created a new industry - and at the forefront was the Boeing 707 (left).
It first flew in 1954, and in 1957 began regular passenger services, competing with the rival Comet and quickly becoming a transatlantic icon.
More than 1,000 were sold, including a version that flew successive US Presidents until 1990.
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