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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Whats your favourite plane?
As the title asks, what is your favourite plane and is there a reason why?
For me it's the B747. I guess as a kid it was always the plane associated with going very long distances, it was also the first type of plane I ever flew (back in 91, over to the US). I even prefer it over the A380 (although it's a close one). Also yes, I'd change my travel plans (a little bit) if it meant taking a B747. So are there any planes which people prefer to fly on? |
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Re: Whats your favourite plane?
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I think it's because there weren't any local 777s for such a long while i came to associate it with exciting internaitonal destinations and not shuffling between MEL,BNE,SYD. I did a Y class 28 leg RTW trip a few years ago and the 777s always felt spacious, new and luxuirous compared to whatever i flew on before or after. 777. |
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Re: Whats your favourite plane?
To me a plane is a plane
All that I really care about is what the seating et al is like and that is to a great extent unrelated to the model of the plane and just down to how the airline decides to set it up The one exception is that I did once do LHR-JFK on Concorde in order to fly on it Dave |
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Re: Whats your favourite plane?
Toss up between MD-11 and 747 for me.
Was just thinking about this after doing my fourth A380 flight - there's something majestic about even being inside a 747 that the sterile frills and comforts of a 380 can't replicate. Always had a thing for the tail mounted engine on the DC-10 MD-11 too. |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: Whats your favourite plane?
I agree with Dave Noble, it usually depends on the layout, fitout, cabin you're in, and seat. I do though tend to prefer twin aisle planes...just a sense of more room, and not so much feeling of being confined to a metal cylinder (though of course I am).
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sydney Inner west
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Re: Whats your favourite plane?
just recently flew to LAX return in VAust PE and have to say i did enjoy my 1st trip on a 777.
the mood lighting was a nice touch, the seat was pretty comfy, and the touch screen IFE worked like a charm. now all i gotta do is get meself a nice set of noise cancelling head phones |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Re: Whats your favourite plane?
Not having flown much (Nearly 1,000,000km), my travel has been limited on 767 and 737's. I think the 767 is my favourite.
Haven't tried A380. And I don't like the Dash 8's ... the Canberra vibrators. Been on too many of them! |
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Re: Whats your favourite plane?
A couple of years ago I would probably have said the 747 but after many trips on them in the last two or so years I would now have to say the A330,
in particular CX's herringbone J class,I think that would have to be amongst the best,most comfortable plane I have ever travelled on. Admittedly I haven't tried the A380 yet but at the moment the A330 takes the prize,for me at least. As regards military,I would say the old Harrier jump jets closely followed by the F22 Raptor.
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