The A380 is not quite the beauty from the outside, but I found the pax comfort unparalleled, and that matters more to me than how it looks, frankly.

This. I, and almost every regular longhaul international flyer I see on comments/forums online say its the favourite experience inside the shell.

The 350 and the 777x may rank alongside. The 787 is only good in superior classes.

The 380 is by far the smoothest, quietest experience in the air for >10h flights.

I’ve loved the ride in the 380 since it first took to the skies, but the A350-900 more recently took my #1 spot for overall passenger comfort, particularly atmospheric (and therefore sleep) quality. 350 > 380 > 787 > 747 imo

I don't like the PaxEx in the 787. It feels narrower and more cramped.

A380 -> A330/A340 (on account of the 2-4-2 arrangement) -> 767 -> 777 for me.

I used to think the A380 was quiet... until I flew on an A350.

I've been on both the -900 and -1000 variants, and they are just amazingly quiet.

You need to visit the Lufthansa 747-200 that's on display at the Technik Museum in Speyer, Germany:

http://www.rodbearden.com/Av13/Speyer/Boeing%20747-200%20D-A...

It appears to have a slide....

It does! You hike up to visit the inside of the plane and go out on the wing, then ride a burlap sack back down. It’s a super fun museum, the only counterpart I’ve seen here in the states is the Henry Ford Museum outside Detroit.

Oh that sounds great. Apparently they also have a real Buran prototype, for anyone that's still not convinced.

I'm surprised that Lufthansa would just donate them such a complete looking aircraft though. Apparently the 747-200 was still in production until 1991, and Lufthansa donated it in early 2002. They were in regular passenger use until 2016 and there are still a handful being used as cargo jets - and Lufthansa had an air cargo subsidiary that used 747-200s at the time.

> Henry Ford Museum outside Detroit

Well, now you've convinced me to go to the Technik Museum. The Henry Ford Museum was an institution of my childhood and one of the things everyone we knew enjoyed when they visited the area.

Close to Speyer is the Sinnsheim museum: https://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/en/

They have both the Concorde and the Concordski -- the Russian Tupolev 144.

In between those two is the Hockenheimring, with F1 will be in July this year, and the very pretty university town of Heidelberg.

Yeah, I forgot to mention the Concorde across the street. (Sinsheim is literally on the other side of the autobahn from Speyer) They really have a unique collection of amazing stuff, each museum can take you 2-3 days to fully explore.