Posted on 09/14/2010 7:26:26 AM PDT by tlb
On the premiere of The Oprah Winfrey Show's final season, the talk show queen announces she will take the 300 members of her studio audience to Australia on John Travolta's jet.
"After all this really is my 25th season...my last chance to do something really big...And if you want to take along the ultimate viewers, where would I most want to go...Maybe I should take all of you to the other side of the world. We're going to Australia... We're going to Australia..." Cheering...
Say Hello to Capt. Travolta!"
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And who will pay the tax on this ‘gift’?
A ride in Travolta’s jet? I don’t like Oprah, but I’ll volunteer for that audience.
I wont watch Okra but I did watch this one show. It was fun, but I kept it all in perspective wink wink!!
Another pilot stunt............god speed and I wish Travolta wisdom.
I wont watch Okra but I did watch this one show. It was fun, but I kept it all in perspective wink wink!!
Interesting question. Do you pay tax if somebody lets you ride along on his RV trip to Yellowstone? This is the same thing, just bigger. Travolta vacations with his family in that jet.
Most leftists don’t really retire. Johnny Carson is one exception to this.
They’ll have to make at least two trips. Travolta’s private jet is an old ex-Qantas 707-138B...can’t hold 300 people. Actually, since it’s fitted out (at least partially) as a true private jet, unless they’re ripping out the interior and putting the cattle class seats back in, it holds more like 30 people.
Think of the carbon credits ol’ Johnny will need to buy to offset all those LAX-Australia round trips with that 45-year-old beast! Those old engines aren’t very green, and she really gulps the jet fuel.
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Technically she’s not retiring, she’s going to devote more time to her cable venture called OWN, when it starts up in January.
I believe I remember reading that Oprah (or the manufacturer) paid the gift tax on those cars she gave away several years ago.
Whomever will pay it, it will be paid. The IRS doesn't miss much.
Travolta is also checked-out on the 747-400, which he has also piloted for Quantas in several other promotional flights. I'm sure that's the kind of plane that they'll be taking.
Xenu Air ping
Carson got to avoid much of the culture war stuff a lefty today has to embrace like homo marriage for example.
He sorta cut across both parties but yes...he was more a Democrat supporter than GOP...no doubt.
And he did fade away...only one interview I think after he quit ...with Bill Zehme....a lefty reporter pal.
Yep! And Thank you very much Oprah! But I much prefer a Professional Quntas Captain to a has been Actor who flies for a Hobby! Sounds like a real Yukko Trip, can You imagine spending days surrounded by Oprah Fans! It sure Ain’t Worth a Free Trip! ;-(
Think of the carbon credits ol’ Johnny will need to buy to offset all those LAX-Australia round trips with that 45-year-old beast! Those old engines aren’t very green, and she really gulps the jet fuel.
By cracky, we were wishing we had those early fan jets, with their fuel economy back in the 70’s while flying with the old turbo jet engines. Air Force never did upgrade until the late eighties, but then got a great deal on an even more efficient engine for it’s tanker fleet.
While I understand your hesitancy, I'd just point out that Travolta has WAY more flight hours than even the average commercial airline pilot - more hours in multi-engine jet aircraft, and he's checked out on over a half-dozen different aircraft, whic is more than most commercial pilots as well, and he holds an Airline Transport Pilot rating.
I remember reading an article about his first flight for Quantas - he's actually a Quantas employee, certified as a Quantas pilot - that said he had more flight hours than the man who was his co-pilot on that flight, and that was several years ago.
The guy literally lives on an 6K foot runways in Ocala FL. He flies everyday in a multi-engine jet, something that even commercial pilots don't do.
SNL did a funny take of on the “dignity” of the Oprah audience.
http://kaycaskey.blogspot.com/2007/11/oprahs-favorite-things-snl-parody.html
Oh, I didn’t know that. So you’re right, they’ll just charter one of Qantas’ 747-400s.
I don’t have much use for Travolta in general, but I’ll give him props for putting in the incredible effort to get type rated on those jetliners, even just as an idle hobby.
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Charlie: Ray, all airlines have crashed at one time or another, that doesn’t mean that they are not safe.
Raymond: QANTAS. QANTAS never crashed.
Charlie: QANTAS?
Raymond: Never crashed.
Charlie: Oh that’s gonna do me a lot of good because QANTAS doesn’t fly to Los Angeles out of Cincinnati, you have to get to Melbourne! Melbourne, Australia in order to get the plane that flies to Los Angeles!
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