[Prophet in the wilderness]

From the experience I had taking off in the 747, when it gets off the runway, it's a little wobbly , but, once the 747 gets to cruising altitude, it's a smooth as glass , unless you run into turbulence.
You'll be amazed once you sit down in your seat and look out the windows and actually see how long the wings are on the 747, it's makes the wings on the 737, 757, 767 look tiny.

[Petronski]

I'm now looking forward to the crummy three hour layover at LHR. Apparently it's a great place for planewatchers.

I see commercial jets in up close in person and I'm like a little kid (again).

There's something highly irrational and magical about air travel. I might be more giddy about that than I should, but I'm a geek and Dearest understands that...so I guess it's okay.

[Paleo Conservative]

From the experience I had taking off in the 747, when it gets off the runway, it's a little wobbly , but, once the 747 gets to cruising altitude, it's a smooth as glass , unless you run into turbulence.

Back in the '70s and '80s before airline deregulation fragmented the transatlantic market, there would be 20-30 747's queued up on the taxiways at JFK in the early evenings. It was awesome to see that many 747's lined up behind each other waiting their turns to takeoff.