Originally Posted by
Adam Smith
I think the only times I flew an AC 747 were in 1995. My family did a trip to France and we flew YYC-YYZ-CDG round trip. I think we had a 200 Combi one direction and a 400 the other, but not 100% sure. Sadly I didn't keep records back then
We flew quite a few times on the AC 747-400 combis (74M I believe), which they had on YYZ-FRA and I believe YYZ-LHR. Favorite seats were the first row on top. Would have been after 1998 when we had started getting addicted to J, but when you still could get a reasonably rare steak.
However I believe my first AC 747 flight was on a rteturn LHR-YYC, when the incoming 763 went mechanical (or was cancelled) and they flew an aging 747, possibly -100 in replacement. Which ended up doing LHR-YEG so they could get the plane back elsewhere quicker. That would have been around 1995-1997. I recall arriving home late at night instead of afternoon. Plus some other personal details of little relevance.