Gosh reading this thread has brought back so many memories for me. I was so lucky to have so many wonderful 747 memories. Here are some standouts:
1. My first trip overseas in 1987 - SYD to FRA with PR - 747 from MNL to FRA with a refuelling stop at DXB or AUH (I can't remember which now), and then on the return journey a 747 all the way FRA-SYD with LH.
2. My first QF 747 trip on QF10 SYD-LAX in 1991.
3. In 1996, flying into Kai Tak on a BA 747, LHR-HKG, on a clear day and marvelling at people's apartments and their washing on display!
4. My first F flight, on CX HKG-LAX in 1999.
5. My first (and only) visit to the coughpit inflight on NZ LHR-LAX in 2001. That is a pretty special memory, sitting in the jump seat and chatting to the Captain as we flew over the Arctic ice floes.
6. My first QF F flight on a hilarious QF93 sector, with tip top cabin crew who kept us very well fed, extremely well watered and entertained for the whole flight - which ended with a special gift bag from the F crew for me!
If memory serves, I flew on 747s with PR, LH, QF, BA, CX, NZ and SQ. I may have flown on a DL 747 on a US transcon flight (LAX-MIA or ATL in the early 90s) but I'd need to check records that are in deep storage in Ballarat and out of my reach to be sure!