Flying on a Boeing 747
Discussion
El stovey said:
jimmyjimjim said:
thatsprettyshady said:
Heathrow to Denver is always a 747, flown in one many times since they started flying direct.
Denver is also great this time of year, headline temps are cold but the (lack of) humidity makes it tee shirt weather at -3!
Do you mean BA? Because, living in Denver, and having flow BA direct to and from Denver since 2004...I've never flown on a 747.Denver is also great this time of year, headline temps are cold but the (lack of) humidity makes it tee shirt weather at -3!
Not gone home in the last 5 years though(kids). Couldn't tell you what it was when I have flown, except not a 747!
blueg33 said:
A few years ago I visited Lisbon on hols. Flew out on a 737 but the flight back to LHR was a 747. It was returning after delivering many football supporters to a match in Lisbon.
There were about 100 of us on it. It felt completely empty, we got to wander around and sit anywhere
Definitely get the upper deck if you can
Reminds me of a story I read in Skyport the Heathrow Airport newspaper a few years back, about someone who ended up flying back from JFK to Heathrow on a 747 which due to his flight going tech, and everyone else going on another flight, and the aircraft being fixed sooner than expected (or something like that) the aircraft effectively became a repositioning flight, with him being the sole passenger.There were about 100 of us on it. It felt completely empty, we got to wander around and sit anywhere
Definitely get the upper deck if you can
Trevatanus said:
Reminds me of a story I read in Skyport the Heathrow Airport newspaper a few years back, about someone who ended up flying back from JFK to Heathrow on a 747 which due to his flight going tech, and everyone else going on another flight, and the aircraft being fixed sooner than expected (or something like that) the aircraft effectively became a repositioning flight, with him being the sole passenger.
I’d be pissed off if I didn’t get upgraded to First 
Shotgun Jon said:
Fantastic Kites the 747s. Hence the reason they were chosen as the basis for the current U.S. main Presidential airborne conveyance ( Airforce 1 is the term used for any fixed wing aircraft carrying the president, the 747 based aircraft is the one that most people equate with the term though).Me and a mate were booked Cathay economy from Bangkok to HK many years ago. Got on the plane and was very confused. We had seats in row 7 but the first row started at something like 14. A Stewardess saw our confusion and ushered us upstairs. Was even more confused to find myself in Marco Polo class bring served champagne by Miss World! Yes we had been upgraded but no idea why. An awesome experience as far as flying is concerned.
...and if we're narrowing down to individual marques, I made a few trips in this /300.
DoctorX said:
Trevatanus said:
Reminds me of a story I read in Skyport the Heathrow Airport newspaper a few years back, about someone who ended up flying back from JFK to Heathrow on a 747 which due to his flight going tech, and everyone else going on another flight, and the aircraft being fixed sooner than expected (or something like that) the aircraft effectively became a repositioning flight, with him being the sole passenger.
I’d be pissed off if I didn’t get upgraded to First Lucky git.
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