Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) took delivery of its first Boeing 707 (a -121 variant) on August 15, 1958, beginning a long association with the type. The US carrier would go on to operate 137 examples of the early jetliner. Plans had already been made for the airline's first 707 service, between New York and Paris, on October 26. Operated by N711PA, which had been named Clipper America for the occasion, the jet - crewed back then by a captain, first officer, navigator and flight engineer - made a stopover in Gander, Newfoundland, to refuel as the Pratt & Whitney JT-3-powered -120 series aircraft could not reach Paris non-stop.
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机译：泛美航空公司（Pan American World Airways，Pan Am）于1958年8月15日接收了其首架波音707（-121变型）的飞机，与该机型开始了长期的合作。这家美国航空公司将继续运营137架早期喷气式客机的实例。该航空公司的首班707服务已经在10月26日在纽约和巴黎之间进行了计划。该飞机由N711PA（当时被命名为Clipper America）运营，当时由机长，副驾驶，领航员乘机飞行工程师-在纽芬兰的甘德（Gander）进行了中途停留，以加油，因为由普惠（Pratt＆Whitney）JT-3供电的-120系列飞机无法直达巴黎。
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