And the fact that basically on a whim, I can buy a ticket, show up at an airport, wait a bit, sit on a plane for a while, and then basically show up on the other side of the world in a few hours, what it used to take humans months, or even years, to do, when it became possible at all.
So yeah; from someone who's a geek about it, but outside of the aviation industry: it's cool.
I aways remember this bit by Louis CK about flying. It is just so true.
I highly recommend trying to get a seat up there as well. It has less seats than a regional jet in a coach config, and you feel completely isolated from the chaos below.
It throwns over the museum. You can climb the stairs all the way up and see the inner workings of the fuselage and walk on the wing.
I read the opinion of an aeronautical engineer that the 747 gets its grace from physics, while the A380 goes a little against physics. Apparently, its wings are a little too short for its heft, but the engineers made it work. This is why it costs 50% more to operate per nautical mile, while having 700 nm less range. (Than the 747-8I)
Is that a useful metric? Cost per passenger mile is what matters.
The A380 is larger then the 747, one would expect it to cost more to fly.
I do think the 747 is nicer-looking. The nose of the A380 just doesn't work aesthetically.