You know what is weird? As much as I have flown in my lifetime, I NEVER got to fly in a 747.
I loved the 747’s— smooth ride and easy, gentle landings mostly. Love the thrust engine power of the smaller 737’s but the damn seats are way too narrow. Made for green tea drinking asians.
First time I flew on a 747 was a short, domestic flight: Chicago to Denver.
Now that you mention it, I "think" the only time I was on one was a short night hop from L.A. to San Diego on an almost empty plane after I missed my earlier flight. Never looked out at the terminal to see what it was, just got on and away we went. Kind of hard to experience the 747 (if it was one) on such a short hop. By the time I started taking longer vacation trips it was all 757 twin engine stuff.
This article is about a 727, but anyway, the 747's I've flown on, always in coach, had a 3-6-3 seating arrangement with two isles. They're pretty comfortable if you can have only 2 in the 3 seats. If it's not crowded you can bed down pretty well in the 6 seats in the middle.
Nowadays most planes are usually packed and so not so comfortable.
The 727's had a 2-3 seating arrangement. They were almost always packed and I always ended up in the middle seat between two 300 pounders - miserable.
Me either. I haven't really flown all that much, and much of that was short haul except one trip nonstop from Houston to Germany. Don't fly anymore. Not willing to subject myself to TSA. I either drive or ride my Goldwing. The Goldwing is more fun anyway.
I flew to Ireland twice a year for business, for several years. The Irish Trade Board picked up the cost from Logan or Kennedy on Aer Lingus. Always a 747, their livery was striking, every shade of green inside, lovely female flight attendants decked out to match. I enjoyed the 747, it had room to roam after reaching cruising altitude. Duty-free shop, three galleys, bar up the spiral staircase. Being welcomed to Dublin in Gaelic was a nice finishing touch. Always a small crowd gathered at the end of the runway, they were hobbyists I was told, liked to spot planes and the 747 was a perennial favorite. This was early to mid-nineties.