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I Get To Fly On A 747. :-)  
User currently offlineSaab2000 From Switzerland, joined Jun 2001, 1605 posts, RR: 12
Posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 1445 times:

I just reserved myself a seat on UA947 from IAD to LAX on July 11. The travel agent told me that the equipment type would be a 747!! Alright! I have flown many times on 747s but each time it is a treat and I am really looking forward to this trip. It will be awesome I hope. Additionally, it is my first flight ever on United Airlines. I have heard some bad things about their service but I am hopeful that it will be a great flight.

Anybody else ever fly on this route? Is it usually a 747? Will it be a 744 or a 742?

I work as a pilot in Europe but I still get giddy about flying even as a pax on a Boeing 747! It is still exciting.  Smile/happy/getting dizzy


smrtrthnu
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User currently offlineUSAJPNflyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2003, 94 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 1402 times:

UA has no more B747-200s in the fleet, so most likely you'll be on a B747-400...

User currently offlineDucky8855 From United States of America, joined Jun 2003, 18 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 1354 times:

Enjoy, politely ask the flight attendant if you can visit the cockpit either before departing for LAX or after arriving into LAX, to say hi to the crew. I find it better to ask the flight attendant about 3/4 of the way to LAX when they are least busiest and almost every time I've asked the flight attendant was more than happy to ask the flight crew if a pax can come up to visit, @ the end of the flight. I was lucky enough to fly on Korean Air from LAX - ICN, and spend probably the whole time in the cockpit from start to finish talking with the flight crew and their relief crew. Flying in the cockpit of the 747-400 is totally awesome.

HAVE AN AWESOME TRIP!!

User currently offlineContinental From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 5476 posts, RR: 21
Reply 3, posted (9 years 10 months 4 weeks ago) and read 1328 times:

The 747-400 is an amazing beast. I flew it for the first time in 1998 Lufthansa ORD-FRA. It's amazing, just the pure power and size just does it for me right there!

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