Agreed. The A380 won’t be winning any beauty pageants ( on the outside …..great Cabin inside I am sure ).
Very curious how each plane differs in performance ( cruise Mach, climb performance , etc ).
As far as I am concerned, any pilot who was fortunate enough to fly the 747 , Concorde , was a very lucky pilot.
My airline sold It’s 747s sometime around 2005?
Edit: Air Canada last 747 flight was October, 2004. They bought their first 747 in 1971 when AC was a govt run airline.
A340 replaced the 747 at my airline ( under powered except the super powerful , fantastic A340-500 ).
Montrealers flocked to Air Canada's maintenance facility in March 1971 when the airline held an open house to introduce its new acquisition.
montrealgazette.com