Originally Posted by
tireman77
747 hands down. The A380 looks awkward. Nothing pretty or elegant about it. Without wanting to turn this into another Airbus versus Boeing thread, I don't really like the lines of any Airbus airplane, except the A330. No reflection on their comfort or performance. Just the design.
IMO, the 747 is an icon and will always be the Queen of the skies. Queen of the 20th century skies, at least.
I will give a nod to the 787, though. That's an awesome looking bird.
Wouldn't agree.
A lot of the 747's (especially the early ones) look quite odd from many angles IMO. Just as the A380 does. That said, I've seen far more interesting interiors on A380's than I ever have on anything else - all that space simply lends itself to it
if the airlines want. I do also like that the 380 is a lot quieter than any 747 I've been on. I'd like to try one of the newer ones to see if they're quieter than the last one I flew on which was a QF 744.
And to me the 787 just somehow looks fragile. I half expect them to have awing come off or something. (I have a feeling (based on a complete lack of knowledge about aircraft design
) that they are going to start "doing a Comet" in ~5-8 years in that they have too much new tech all at once for there not to be problems, ala Comet or DC10.