only flew on a 747 once, and that was about 6 or 7 years ago. enjoyed it very much and made sure to go upstairs and take a look around. of course, the people sitting up there looked at me like i was a moron, but i didn't really care.
when i was a kid, the 747 was introduced. it was a thing of pure beauty to me. we had show 'n tell at school (i was in 3rd or 4th grade) and i told the class i had flown to philadelphia to independence hall and saw the liberty bell. showed them this book of historical documents i had purchased. they were all duly impressed. the only problem was that i didn't actually take the trip. we went to liberty hall across the street from knott's berry farm and i bought one of those packages of the declaration, the constitution, the bill of rights, etc. and tried to pass it off as something bigger. told a big fat lie and never got called on it.