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Travolta in Airport Trauma
TMZ.com ^
| 7/21/07
| TMZ staff
Posted on 07/22/2007 7:57:34 PM PDT by melt
High-flying John Travolta is in an uproar over an airport near his $8 million home in Florida. Travolta contends he was lied to(!) by owners of the Greystone Airport near Ocala, Fla., because they didn't want him to land his Boeing 707 there.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the new Mrs. Edna Turnblad claims that Greystone owners James and Christine Garemore falsely told Travolta that they couldn't accommodate his jumbo jet. It's so tough owning your own plane!
Travolta says he used to use the Greystone airport all the time, but in 2006, the Garemore's changed the airport's master record to indicate that large planes could no longer land there. The Garemores cite deteriorating runway conditions as a major reason for the change.
But Travolta isn't buying it.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: airport; battle; gay; idiot; jet; mushforbrains; travolta
Why doesn't he just buy the airport?
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posted on
07/22/2007 7:57:38 PM PDT
by
melt
To: melt
He probably could since he says he is a popular as Elvis.
2
posted on
07/22/2007 7:59:18 PM PDT
by
spotbust1
(Procrastinators of the world unite . . . . .tomorrow!!!)
To: melt
I thought he had his own runway and parked it behind his house.
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posted on
07/22/2007 8:00:57 PM PDT
by
CindyDawg
To: bannie; ThomasThomas; txflake
For your information... : )
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posted on
07/22/2007 8:04:34 PM PDT
by
melt
(Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
To: melt
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posted on
07/22/2007 8:05:54 PM PDT
by
bannie
(The Good Guys cannot win when they're the only ones to play by the rules.)
To: CindyDawg
Thought he owned the runway as well, but apparently doesn't - the runway behind his house is the Greystone Airport.
Here's the airport information, 2" thick paving, uncrowned? Shocked that it survived as long as it did with a 707 landing and taking off on it. The lawsuit is because Travolta's upset that he might never get to fly in his 707 to his home again. Aww, poor baby.
If he wants to invest the money in rebuilding the runway, I'm sure that the airport managers would be more than willing to let him.
Man, two inch thick? The street in front of my house is thicker than that, completely unsurprising it fell apart under that load.
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posted on
07/22/2007 8:11:55 PM PDT
by
kingu
(No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
To: melt
For the owners of the airport, maybe its about:
Stayin' Allliiiiiiiivvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeee .....
To: kingu
Yes. It sounds like his best deal is to pay for a runway upgrade to meet his a/c requirements. That would be a win-win deal all around.
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posted on
07/22/2007 8:29:33 PM PDT
by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: melt
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posted on
07/22/2007 8:52:33 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(Al Gore is Soylent Green!)
To: bannie
If he bought it, he could then officially call it the "John Travolta International Hairport"...
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posted on
07/22/2007 9:00:23 PM PDT
by
melt
(Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
To: melt
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posted on
07/22/2007 9:03:45 PM PDT
by
bannie
(The Good Guys cannot win when they're the only ones to play by the rules.)
To: kingu
It IS falling apart...
“FIRST 1800 FT OF RY 18 DETERIORATING WITH POT HOLES AND SEVERE CRACKING.
1 ASPHALT SURFACE IS ONLY 2 INCHES THICK. PAVEMENT STRUCTURE CAN ONLY SUPPORT LIGHT LOAD SINGLE WHEEL ACFT. HEAVIER ACFT MAY CAUSE IMMEDIATE STRUCTUAL DAMAGE TO THE DETERIORATED SURFACE AND MAY GENERATE FOD.
RY 18/36 NOT CROWNED OR GRVD CAUSING STANDING WATER DURING AND AFTER RAIN.”
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posted on
07/22/2007 9:17:46 PM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: river rat
This, the Travolta lawyers, say is a lie, and demand be retracted from the general aviation master record.
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posted on
07/22/2007 10:16:09 PM PDT
by
kingu
(No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
To: melt
If only he had purchased those Algore carbon off-sets!!
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posted on
07/22/2007 10:18:21 PM PDT
by
Mark
(REMEMBER: Mean spirited, angry remarks against my postings won't feed even one hungry child.)
To: melt
There are more important issues. BTW, I didn’t like his performance in the Wild Hogs but I liked the movie. Whatever.
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