Research aircraft and systems

Boeing 307 Stratoliner ↗Pilot account

Stratoliner arrives at its final destination — the Smithsonian

Charles Pope · 6 August 2003

Boeing 307 Stratoliner ↗Pilot account

SEA02FA060: Boeing S-307 ditching

Final report · first officer’s statement, PDF page 5

Boeing 307 Stratoliner ↗Pilot account

NTSB releases report on Stratoliner crash

James Wallace · 20 February 2003; identifies first officer Michael Carriker

Boeing 707-320C ↗Simulator documentation

707-320C · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024

Control tabs and hydraulic assistance share the aircraft

The manual describes tab-assisted elevator and aileron controls, hydraulic roll spoilers and a boosted rudder. Outboard ailerons are inactive with flaps up. Stabiliser trim has interlinked manual wheels, electric control, a motion light and electrical cutouts.

Working Title / iniBuilds · MSFS 2024 manual v4.1, 11 August 2026 · physical PDF pp.100–105; §§14.1–14.6

Boeing 707-320C ↗Simulator documentation

707-320C · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024

Three navigation fits in the same combi airframe

The three cockpit choices pair the combi airframe with a Carousel IV-A INS, Universal UNS-1Lw or Garmin GNS 530W. The manual says the navigation fit is independent of livery, with separate chapters explaining each interface.

MSFS 2024 manual v4.1 · physical PDF pp.12–13; chapter 2

Boeing 707-320C ↗Simulator documentation

707-320C · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024

A companion app for the virtual flight engineer

The 707’s EFB app groups flight-engineer flows, door controls, performance data cards and preferences. Its CIVA tab appears for the INS variant. The flight-engineer page also controls continuous automations, giving the single simmer help with a multi-person cockpit.

MSFS 2024 manual v4.1 · physical PDF p.14; §3.1

Boeing 707-320C ↗Simulator documentation

707-320C · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020

The original MSFS 2020 release

The September 2024 Famous Flyer 10 release offers the convertible 707-320C through the MSFS 2020 Marketplace. The announcement lists six liveries, including Boeing Delivery and Pan Am.

2024-09-24 · release and package scope

Boeing 707-320C ↗Research-based aircraft background

Boeing 707-320C

The 707 developed from Boeing's 367-80 demonstrator and entered airline service in 1958. Its swept wing carried four podded engines, while the cabin used a six-abreast cross-section that influenced later Boeing narrow-bodies. Several fuselage, wing and engine developments followed.

The -320C in this catalogue is a convertible passenger-and-cargo version. Its flight deck includes a flight engineer position and systems from an earlier jet age. The Working Title manual identifies the specific simulated layout, including cargo configuration, navigation and flight-control details.

Aircraft / family

Boeing 707-320C ↗Pilot account

My Last Boeing 707

Captain Fernando de la Torre Bekdach · undated retrospective

Boeing 707-320C ↗Pilot account

Proficient Pilot: Confessions of a co-pilot

Barry Schiff · 5 January 2008

Boeing 707-320C ↗Pilot account

The wind beneath my delta wings

Paul Smiddy interview with John Hutchinson · October 2012 · pp.16–19

Boeing 727 ↗Simulator documentation

727 Series Professional · FlyJSim · X-Plane 11

Period autopilots and hydraulic flight controls

FlyJSim distinguishes the independent FD-108 flight director from the SP-150 autopilot, including their mode interlocks. Custom control-surface behaviour accounts for hydraulic pressure, blow-down and standby operation. The FD-108 is a flight director, not another autopilot installation.

727 Series Professional v3 · Study Level Systems and Dynamics