Travolta's hobby plane to see (John Travolta has jets in his driveway)

Herald Sun ^ | 11/13/2003 | by Francesca Dickson and Matt Sun

[Lazamataz]

I watched too much of THE JETSONS, I guess~ LOL

BUFFYT!!!!! STOP THIS CRAZY THING!!!! BUFFYT!!!!!!!!

[buffyt]

I was always in love with Jimmy Stewart. We were so lucky to meet him at a book signing in Pasadena Calif. in the late 1980s. What a classy man! Surprised my husband let me go! We have been watching a lot of old movies with Jimmy Stewart and Katherine Hepburn. Great old movies.

Two nights ago we watched NOTORIOUS with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. THAT was a movie~

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

I'm sure Travolta will say it uses a tofu-based fuel. And that all the terrorists who hijack his plane are free-range Muslims.

[finnman69]

Oh stop picking on Travolta, I mean it's not wasteful to the environment to fly a 4 engine 152' 336,000 lbs. passenger jet, those engines are solar powered right?

[buffyt]

OK no more Jetsons for me. How about jet puffed marshmallows? What an idiot I was, I really thought we would be flying everywhere in little private planes by now. With three "adult" children, I am kinda glad they are on the ground....

[wardaddy]

You can buy a fleet of old 707s for the price of one new Gulfie.....but keeping them running is another thing and I bet his is tricked out inside.

Boeing now makes a corporate bigbird based on a 737 do they not?

[buffyt]

How much fuel does that thing use in a typical take off, flight, and landing? Oh the globull warming crowd should be after him! LOL

[wardaddy]

what a joke eh?

[finnman69]

http://www.707sim.com/jt3.html

The History of John Travolta's Boeing 707-138B
Manufacture Serial Number is 18740
First Flight September 1, 1964
Deliver to Qantas Airlines September 10, 1964
Only in service for four years, put in storage on November 1, 1968
Purchased by Regency Income and leased to Braniff International on June 24, 1969
Purchased by entertainer Frank Sinatra on February 24, 1972
Purchased by the Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. in 1975
Purchased by the Atlas Air Systems in 1975
Purchased by Kirk Kerkorian on November 1, 1975
Purchased by the Tracinda Corporation March 28, 1977
Landing gear collapsed on March 28, 1977
Purchased by TAG International September 26, 1977
Leased to Sheikh Akram on September 26, 1977
Place in storage at Newark on August 25, 1981
Ferried to Le Bourget and place in storage in August 1983
Reentered service in December 1983
Purchased by Trans Oceanic Aviation in November 1987
New VIP interior installed while out of service 1988
Modified with hush kits which converted it to a 707-138B(Q) in 1989
Returned to service in July 1990
Purchased by Aviation Methods in 1995
Ferried to Istanbul and placed in storage on October 29, 1995
Offered for sale with a low TAT of 27,682hrs in September 1996
Purchased by John Travolta on May 20, 1998

[ItsOurTimeNow]

free-range Muslims.

ROFLMAO...classic!

[finnman69]

[Wright is right!]

It's certainly no surprise that he has the hypocrisy to accept the enviro-wacko award, given that the 707 is one of the LEAST fuel-efficient turbine aircraft in the air today. Loud, too. And unless he's retro'd the engines, they cough out lots of smoke as well.

One thing in their favor is that they are cheap to acquire. The flip side of that is maintenance. But if you want one, there are plenty available.

Michael

[Spiff]

This air-capable complex will come in handy for Johnny's final battle against the evil galactic overlord Xenu.

[wardaddy]

Unmarried and with that money, I'd prefer a Sultanate sized harem.

...and a good sympathetic urologist on call....

[buffyt]

Nicholas Cage, now there is a very SEXY man, but his politics are too different from mine, too. Oh and Russell Crowe, a real MAN. I am sure MOST of Hollywarped is way too liberal for me.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Oh and Russell Crowe, a real MAN. I am sure MOST of Hollywarped is way too liberal for me.

Every time I see a commercial for his new movie, I think of my idea for a parody movie: "Masturbating Commander: The Far Side of the Sink" starring Russell Crowe as Bill Clinton.

Juvenile, I know. But it makes me laugh.

[KellyAdmirer]

Doesn't it cost $10k or something like that just to get permission to land one of those things? Some people have way too much money.

on close study of the photo, I think the circular structure just might be a spacepad for aliens....

[buffyt]

Ronald Reagan with Lt. Col. Johnny Meyers (L), Lt. Col. Jack Warner and Col. James Stewart (R) C. 1942

[Jim Cane]

I'd settle for a more humble restored P-51 parked in an old-timey hanger next to a long grass field, but hey, that's just me, Mr. Not-a-materialist.

[Eaker]

If you look at the picture really close you can see me having a smoke on the back porch!!

Kewl!!