Wich is the best seat to sit on a B747?

BA0404 · Post by **BA0404** » 01 Mar 2005, 22:21

Hey everybody, :wave:

Next week I am going to fly for the first time with a B747. :jump: Now I wonder wich is the best place to sit on. May be your experiences can help me with this issue.

Bey,
BA0404 :mexwave:

Sabena_690 · Post by **Sabena_690** » 01 Mar 2005, 22:24

There is not something like a 'best seat', as most airlines offer a different configuration.

On which airline are you travelling, to which destination (airlines sometimes offer different configurations to certain destinations), and in which class (economy-business-first)?

Frederic

BA0404 · Post by **BA0404** » 01 Mar 2005, 22:49

I am flying with Iberia from TFN to MAD. I just wonder where you have nice views from your seat or where you can here some special sounds during take off etc. Is it at the back or in the middle or at the front? What do you recomend me?

BA0404

Post by **Apuneger** » 01 Mar 2005, 22:56

Personally I would make sure you don't get a seat at the middle of the wing. Your whole view is almost obstructed by the immense wing surface.

Better try to get a seat just before the wing, or just behind it.

Ivan

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 01 Mar 2005, 22:58

I would recommend the front as well. But I've heard that when sitting at the back you actually get a nice feeling on T/O -> you first sink towards the runway and then lift off

Anyway I wish you a nice flight on the B747, it's a very nice plane to fly on.

Chris

Ozzie1969 · Post by **Ozzie1969** » 01 Mar 2005, 23:00

That little top deck is best! I sat there once, on a flight between Melbourne and Singapore.

Knight255 · Post by **Knight255** » 02 Mar 2005, 00:16

The best seat: top of the plane in the very front on the left side!!!!

(Of course you'd have to fly the plane, but who wouldn't want to do that?!?!?!?!)

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 02 Mar 2005, 03:03

The way you put your Q, Wich is the best seat to sit on a B747? I can only but agree with Knight255.
Considering the salary that comes with it, I say the captain's seat is the best seat on a 747.
In case you change your Q to:
Which is the best seat to sit on a B777?
Which is the best seat to sit on a A380?
Which is the best seat to sit on a A340?
Which is the best seat to sit on a A330?

Our answer remains the same, BA0404.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 02 Mar 2005, 06:10

Fons has always been the wise one amongst us.

Indeed the captain's seat is the best seat of all

:rock:

Knight255 · Post by **Knight255** » 02 Mar 2005, 06:40

Heck I'm not in it for the money. I just want to fly planes for a living, although the travel perks do intrigue me.

heathrow · Post by **heathrow** » 03 Mar 2005, 05:18

What class are you traveling in? If it's economy, I suggest about 12-14 rows behind the wing atleast. It gives you a nice view of whats around you. You also get cool pictures of winglets (if IB has them. I've never flown them before[except on codeshare]).

bigjulie · Post by **bigjulie** » 05 Mar 2005, 05:28

Knight255 wrote:The best seat: top of the plane in the very front on the left side!!!! (Of course you'd have to fly the plane, but who wouldn't want to do that?!?!?!?!)

I was going to suggest the same thing, although front right would be just as good.

But not as much pay, which brings me to ask "You know what the bulge in the 747's are for don't you"?; so the pilots can sit on their wallets, without hitting their heads on the overhead controls & switches; Haha, heehee

:cool2: :cool2:

It all depends what you want to experience, with me I like to sit a wee bit behind the trailing edge of the wing, :lookaround: that way you get to see the flaps, the aelerons, the flight spoilers on top of the wing :lookaround: ; just after landing when the pilot "dirties" the plane up, to slow it down, is real good, there is not much more sense of deceleration than when you are watching all of the stuff on the wing come into play.

That position is good for take/off as well, you get a sense of the speed increasing when you :lookaround: see :lookaround: the airport buildings sliding past the wing.

If you are on a long flight 10 to 14 hours you will notice on landing the wing will be at a different angle , that is due to there being less fuel/weight in the fuel tanks, but, alas you are on a short hop, 2-> 3 hours.

PS. My apologies to any 747 pilots reading this, you can earn your years pay in a very few short seconds, when something goes wrong!
:cheers: :cheers:

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 05 Mar 2005, 21:44

What about the front of the 747, the tapered part? Can you get a better view of what's going on in front of the plane from there? Because those windows are not purely side-facing but also a bit front facing.

Knight255 · Post by **Knight255** » 06 Mar 2005, 00:12

You know what the bulge in the 747's are for don't you"?; so the pilots can sit on their wallets, without hitting their heads on the overhead controls & switches

That's a good one!!! I must say that I have never heard it before!!!

bigjulie · Post by **bigjulie** » 07 Mar 2005, 04:52

Knight255 wrote:
bigjulie wrote:You know what the bulge in the 747's are for don't you"?; so the pilots can sit on their wallets, without hitting their heads on the overhead controls & switches

That's a good one!!! I must say that I have never heard it before!!!

That one has been around as many years as the 747 has