Originally Posted by
pharmalady
...did anyone REALLY like flying in a 707-like first class cabin for 4,000 miles?
Of course they did. This assertion comes up from time to time -- that a long flight on a narrow-body jet was / is intolerable -- and it's absurd. The F cabin of an Air France or TWA 707 in the 1960s was an enviable, sexy place to be. "Jet age" glamor culture was founded on those cabins.
Without hesitation, I'd take a 707 cabin with the accompanying food, drink, and conscientious service over a latter-day A330 / 767 / etc. with today's grim cafeteria food and perfunctory, borderline-hostile service. Nothing magic about widebodies.