[Central Scrutiniser]

The 747SP is a rocket! I changed a whole vacation around just to ride on one! I had a ticket from Johannesburg to Miami, and I asked them if I could exchange it for Johannesbug to Frankfurt. My only flight on the SP.

As for the 100, I think I only flew it once on TWA, and we had 4 -200's. Only did the 300 once LA to Amsterdam round trip.

The 400 is great, I've been on combis and regular. Been upper deck in coach and all over the plane, its like a big flying house.

400 has better TV and audio and all that. Lots of 200's are gone, damn few flying. Wings do flex, that is what they are supposed to do.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" The 747SP is a rocket! I changed a whole vacation around just to ride on one! "

Lucky guy

They were built like a tank those 747SP.
Did you even hear about the 747SP flying to SFO and all 4 engines stalled and the pilot tried to go into a controlled dive and lost control of the 747 ( actually into a spiral uncontrolled dive and for a few seconds was doing over mach speed ).
The plane had a few parts actually tear off , but, the plane still managed to land limping safely back to SFO.
There is not many 747SP around today, and I don't think I will ever be lucky enough to ever get to fly in one.
The 747-800I is looking to be a great airplane in it's own right, even though it might not reach the sales of the 747-400, but, only time will tell, this plane might sell or exceed the 400 sales, but who knows at this point.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

There are a few 747-100s and 200s still flying in the freighter market, how many, I don't know, but, yes, they are slowly fading into the sunset.