Originally Posted by
Airbubba
According to Air Force One by Robert F. Dorr (2002), 970 (aka 'Queenie') was used to take the President and First Lady on that August 1959 trip to Germany, England and France.
Meanwhile, according to Wikipedia (I know, I know) the 707 was first used by US President Eisenhower on his trip to Asia, departing 3 December 1959.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Fo...try_to_jet_age
and according to the note posted by Niner Lima Charlie above, the museum in Tucson is claiming that it's DC6B was still the primary aircraft at the start of US President Kennedy's era (from start of 1961), which would imply the 707 was not operational yet.
Can't all be right.