Ah yes, the 'Queen' a lovely aeroplane but I also found the cockpit very cramped with a relatively poor view, although you could see your wing-tip which helped on the ground. A very easy aeroplane to land. I only ever had one 'thumper' in 15 years of flying it. Landing on 04R at JFK I said to my young Co-Pilot, "Don't play with it Mr Ong Wing Loh this runway is shortish, just put it down". Will never say that again. Feeling that it was a heavy landing I was about to write it up when the Ground Engineer pulled the data via the ACARS and it was only 1.5G and 'within limits'. Surprising seeing there was no flare.
When comparing previous types, for some strange reason I go way back to my GA days and the 747 feels like a giant Aztec. The 727, my favourite, flies like an Aerostar with the wings sawn-off.