my first airplane trip

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First one I can remember well was a flight on Pan Am Flight 442 from CCS (Caracas, Venezuela) to MIA (Miami) on a Boeing 707 back about 30 years ago.

Flown on most of the more commonly seen planes plying the skies today:

Boeing 707 (all retired from passenger service)
Boeing 717
Boeing 727-100 and -200
Boeing 737-100 through the -800 series (except the -600 and the -900 series)
Boeing 747 (only once, on a -100 or -200. Never flown on the -300 or the -400)
Boeing 757-200 (never flown on the -300)
Boeing 767-300 (never flown the -200 or the -400)
Never flown the Boeing 777-200 or -300.

Douglas DC-8 (short and stretch versions)
McDonnell Douglas DC-9
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
McDonnell Douglas MD-80
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
(Boeing may have bought 'em out, but they are NOT 'Boeing MD-80s' etc.!)

Lockheed L1011 (both the regular and -500) (all retired from mainline passenger service)

JAX airport is pretty nice; depending on which side of the plane you're sitting in you get a good view of the St. Johns River and downtown Jax.

The approach into Atlanta is interesting; if I remember correctly (it's been over 25 years since I lived there, but connected through the airport plenty of times) you'll fly over Southlake Mall as you make the turn to final approach. Look for the fading Georgia flag (the one with the Confederate Stars and Bars) painted on the roof of a warehouse as the plane approaches Runway 27L (all flights from the south land on the south runway complex - most flights land and take off to the west at ATL). If the day is clear and not hazy you can see downtown Atlanta clearly on the right side of the aircraft.