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SQ advertised the auction to the A380 first flight as "once-a-lifetime" chance.

Sure, one plane type generally has just one first flight. But then they found someone who, as 17-year-old boy, was on the 747 first flight - Pan-Am JFK-LHR in January 1970, the one which was 21 hours late because engine troubles meant another plane had to be substituted. And invited him to A380 first flight.

What are the other most important first flights?

SQ-s own first 747(200) flight?
Airbus

I flew with the Wright Brothers!  :-?

[quote]SQ advertised the auction to the A380 first flight as "once-a-lifetime" chance.

Sure, one plane type generally has just one first flight. But then they found someone who, as 17-year-old boy, was on the 747 first flight - Pan-Am JFK-LHR in January 1970, the one which was 21 hours late because engine troubles meant another plane had to be substituted. And invited him to A380 first flight.

What are the other most important first flights?

SQ-s own first 747(200) flight?
Airbus

The most important flights are either:

The first time you've been in an aircraft as a passenger
The first time you've taken control in the cockpit and flone one


But Ive never flone on a historical first flight  :-/