<<part of the 80 knt call goes back to the 707 when the t/o power had to be set by 80 knts and a cross check of the instruments>>
Not quite but lemper was partially right - in BOAC we did have nosewheel steering on both sides and the 80 kt call was essentially a reminder to the PF to take his hand off the nosewheel tiller and take the control wheel - which, up to then,was held with the requested xwind input by the PNF. No rudder fine steering on our 707's.