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Boeing 707

Countdown to take off!

The new exhibitions The Jet Age and the restored Parachute Store are now open at the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune.

Find out what has been going on behind the scenes in preparation for opening.

Boeing 707 new seating

Checked seats and parachutes ready

Parachute store suspension points

Parachute Store comes back to life

Boeing 707 interior before carpet laying

Seats and racking progress

Aircraft engine moves at National Museum of Flight

Moving the aircraft engines at East Fortune

Boeing 707 controls

Foxtrot Juliet comes to life for The Jet Age

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Boeing 707 seating before restoration

Boeing 707 seating before restoration

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