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John Travolta uses his 707 for Haiti relief

hubbabubba said:
But only after this;

A new B-17 crew about to go on their first bomb run.
Pilot- "Keep the chatting to a minimum on com, and no politics, no religion, no women, understood?"
Right waist gunner- "Why no politics, skipper?"
Pilot- "Because, believe it or not, we're not all sharing your political views!"
Tail gunner- "And how about religion?"
Pilot- "Because, believe it or not, we're not all sharing your religious beliefs!"
Ball turret gunner- "OK then... but why not women?"
Pilot- "Because, believe it or not, we're all sharing yours!!!"

Have a nice day:wavey:
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Hahahahahaha! :d


On-topic:
Good for Haiti, good for Travolta.
 
Lionheart said:
Roger that.... A horrible death, museum time...
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I take that back. Being retired to a museum isnt all that bad. A bad airplane death would be being destroyed in a storm, rotting in a field, crashing. At least in the museum, it can be seen by many generations to come.

Just sorry that it isnt flown anymore, like they do with museums here with War Birds, going to air shows around the country and world.



Bill
 
saw this plane years ago at sanford airport when i was undergoing training and it was in final stages of restoration ( if i remember correctly overhaul of engines and complete retrofit of radio communications and navigation equipments ) . i saw it's first runnup tests and test flight afterward since it had been on the airport on static for over a year at that point .
truly a beautiful machine .

as mentioned before , whatever he wears flying it , he is truly doing something fantastic for all those in need and definitely a lot more than most other people who have their own airplanes and/or have the financial means to do the same thing .
BRAVO Mr Travolta .
 
John Travolta 707

John has an ATR rating and checked out to fly 747's. He flies for Quantis airlines if not working on a movie. In fact his 707 was in the Quantis colors for sometime. The tail number is N1JT. He has it here at Deer Valley airport every now and then for a week at a time. Deer Valley is just north of Phoenix AZ. I have been told that he has Honeyweld do electrical work on it at ther hanger at Deer Valley airport.
 
Celebrity Pilots

Actually, to be strictly accurate, John Travolta is officially a "goodwill ambassador" for Qantas, I don't believe he actually flies for them officially - however, he does put his own 707 to good use (viz the Haiti flights), and does a lot of work with Qantas. And he was involved in helping the repatriation of VH-XBA from Southend in the UK to Australia - VH-XBA was actually Qantas' first -138, and a worthy candidate for preservation.

We do have a 'celebrity pilot' here in the UK however who does fly regularly with an airline; Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden, flies as a captain for Astreus when he isn't on tour (and flies the Iron Maiden 757 when they are on tour!!) and is now also their Marketing Director.
 
Bobr2 said:
John has an ATR rating and checked out to fly 747's.
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Didn't read the whole thread, eh? Having just looked at the FAA Civil Aviation Registry* (again), his status hasn't changed:

<TABLE border=0 width=560><TBODY><TR><TD width=59 align=left>DOI:</TD><TD width=126 align=left>2/23/2010</TD></TR><TR><TD width=190 align=left>Certificate:</TD><TD width=301 colSpan=3 align=left><NOBR>PRIVATE PILOT</NOBR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE border=0 width=560><TBODY><TR><TD align=left>Rating(s):</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>PRIVATE PILOT
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND

</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


<CENTER>Type Ratings</CENTER>

<TABLE border=0 borderColor=#008080 borderColorLight=#eaeaea size="560"><TBODY><TR border="0"><TD width=110 align=left><NOBR>P/B-707 </NOBR></TD><TD width=110 align=left><NOBR>P/B-720 </NOBR></TD><TD width=110 align=left><NOBR>P/CE-500 </NOBR></TD><TD width=110 align=left><NOBR>P/EA-500S </NOBR></TD><TD width=110 align=left><NOBR>P/G-1159 </NOBR></TD></TR><TR border="0"><TD width=110 align=left><NOBR>P/HS-125 </NOBR></TD><TD width=110 align=left><NOBR>P/LR-JET </NOBR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>



<CENTER>Limits</CENTER>

<TABLE border=0 borderColor=#008080 borderColorLight=#eaeaea size="560"><TBODY><TR border="0"><TD align=left>ENGLISH PROFICIENT.
AUTHORIZED EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT: SO-G2.
B-707 SIC PRIVILEGES ONLY.
CE-500 (VFR ONLY).


</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
* https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/Detail.aspx?uniqid=A1927078&certNum=1
 
What with all of the REALLY IMPORTANT things happening in our world, even as we "discuss" Mr. Travolta's clothing choices, don't you guys have anything worthwhile to do?
JHC! LA
 
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