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It's still a life goal of mine to ride on a 747.

by teewuane 4y ago

FireBeyond 4y ago
Your best bet is Lufthansa for that.
CommieBobDole 4y ago
Better hurry, then. Looks like your best bets at this point are Korean Air or Lufthansa.
midoridensha 4y ago
The A380 is better, and they're still in service as passenger aircraft.
chazeon 4y ago
Same here. 747s are everywhere in the literature I grew up with. They are also in news, games and films. But when I actually grown up, the time of those planes have lapsed. Now due to visa limitations, I am even harder to travel internationally, not to say to choose a specific plane to fly on.
- jandrese 4y ago
  It's the hump. That one little detail makes the plane iconic and memorable.
dehrmann 4y ago
My first ride was in a middle seat towards the back for a 10-hour flight. I don't recommend it as a bucket list item.
pram 4y ago
I rode one on an international flight in 2007 that seemed like pristine stock from the 70s. Still had a weird lounge on the second floor, and those awful headphones that are just like piped-in music. The seats still had the little ash trays in the armrest too. Quite an experience! EDIT: heres what those headphones look like, they're literally just tubes that carry the sound from a tiny speaker in the armrest: https://static.flight-report.com/media/photos/jRkTcB8Xr0/IMG_1623a.jpg https://static.flight-report.com/media/photos/jRkTcB8Xr0/IMG...
- sam_goody 4y ago
  Comments like yours remind me how everyone's life experience is different! For various reasons, my family would fly back and forth between the U.S. and Europe, so I grew up flying thousands of miles a year on 747's. The year I get married we decided to check out Israel, and flew twice! from NY -> Israel -> NY -> FL -> AZ -> NY -> ETC), with almost all legs on a 747. In Phoenix I learnt to pilot a small plane, (and have sat in the pilot's seat of 747 without touching anything :)), and that's probably because of my rearing.
kevstev 4y ago
I did right before the pandemic coming back to NY from Germany on Lufthansa. I mean I am glad I did it just to have the experience, but you aren't really missing anything. I much prefer the 777. The 747, while having been updated over time, is still a 50 year old design at its core. I have not flown on a 380, but the 777 is still my favorite plane to fly on, edging out the 787 even, though not by a whole lot- the increased comfort (higher pressure and humidity) in the cabin and reduced noise don't quite make up for the lack of spaciousness you feel inside a 777. I personally have no desire to get on a 380, they just seem too big... like the tropey quote "They were so obsessed with whether they could, they didn't think of whether they should..." it just seems out of scale somehow.

It's still a life goal of mine to ride on a 747.

FireBeyond 4y ago

Your best bet is Lufthansa for that.

CommieBobDole 4y ago

Better hurry, then. Looks like your best bets at this point are Korean Air or Lufthansa.

midoridensha 4y ago

The A380 is better, and they're still in service as passenger aircraft.

chazeon 4y ago

Same here. 747s are everywhere in the literature I grew up with. They are also in news, games and films. But when I actually grown up, the time of those planes have lapsed. Now due to visa limitations, I am even harder to travel internationally, not to say to choose a specific plane to fly on.

jandrese 4y ago
It's the hump. That one little detail makes the plane iconic and memorable.

dehrmann 4y ago

My first ride was in a middle seat towards the back for a 10-hour flight. I don't recommend it as a bucket list item.

pram 4y ago

I rode one on an international flight in 2007 that seemed like pristine stock from the 70s. Still had a weird lounge on the second floor, and those awful headphones that are just like piped-in music. The seats still had the little ash trays in the armrest too. Quite an experience! EDIT: heres what those headphones look like, they're literally just tubes that carry the sound from a tiny speaker in the armrest: https://static.flight-report.com/media/photos/jRkTcB8Xr0/IMG_1623a.jpg https://static.flight-report.com/media/photos/jRkTcB8Xr0/IMG...

sam_goody 4y ago
Comments like yours remind me how everyone's life experience is different! For various reasons, my family would fly back and forth between the U.S. and Europe, so I grew up flying thousands of miles a year on 747's. The year I get married we decided to check out Israel, and flew twice! from NY -> Israel -> NY -> FL -> AZ -> NY -> ETC), with almost all legs on a 747. In Phoenix I learnt to pilot a small plane, (and have sat in the pilot's seat of 747 without touching anything :)), and that's probably because of my rearing.

kevstev 4y ago

I did right before the pandemic coming back to NY from Germany on Lufthansa. I mean I am glad I did it just to have the experience, but you aren't really missing anything. I much prefer the 777. The 747, while having been updated over time, is still a 50 year old design at its core. I have not flown on a 380, but the 777 is still my favorite plane to fly on, edging out the 787 even, though not by a whole lot- the increased comfort (higher pressure and humidity) in the cabin and reduced noise don't quite make up for the lack of spaciousness you feel inside a 777. I personally have no desire to get on a 380, they just seem too big... like the tropey quote "They were so obsessed with whether they could, they didn't think of whether they should..." it just seems out of scale somehow.