z987k
Well-Known Member
The 747-8. IMO it's much more refined than the 400.Oh man, the 400 is my love. It's difficult to explain. But after flying other airframes for many years, she to me was the ultimate in her time. The systems and the multiple redundancies for her were so innovative and brilliant for their era. It's may sound weird, but I am telling you that the 400 wanted nothing but to be in the air. She could land and take off in the crappiest and most interesting of circumstances and fields, and fly in some amazing wx. She just wanted to be free of the earth. She felt that marvelous, that sure, that powerful and that graceful in her climb out. You gain a bond and a feel when you spend enough time in any aircraft. But the feel of the 400 was something very special. She always without hesitation or issue, did everything that you asked of her. She was comforting, you knew her sounds. I could fly in cruise in my socks because she had a foot heater. lol She had so many features and systems that I had never experienced before. She was such a safe aircraft and so steady and comfortable to fly. She was as beautiful sitting on the ramp as she was in flight. You never had to manhandle her, ever. She took me all over Asia for many years.