John Travolta's 707 house / hanger / control tower....

[DOK001]

For the man who has everything;

Take a look at John Travolta's house.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/NEWS/311021090/1010/REALESTATE

I notice there's also a G IV or G V hidden in there too....


Quote:

"I asked him, 'What brings you to move to a place like this?'" Marcum said. "He said he loves aviation, and he enjoys being around people who share that enthusiasm."


I've heard he is a genuinely friendly bloke.

What a life!

[YYZ]

Nice..... Very Nice!!:cool:

[LGW Vulture]

DOK... Think you'll find its a GII.

Cheers LGW

[Avman]

......and I think you'll find that it's called a hangar in aviation.......

[ATC Watcher]

And naming your son " Jett" is truly the mark of a total avaition person. His must also have a very forgiving wife.....
Anyway if I had the chance to have a private 707 and G2, this is probably what I would look for a house as well... plus an Nimbus4M for the real fun....;)

[B Sousa]

I remember seeing this place on TV some years back when the Guy From Nautilus Equipemnt owned it. He married some young Bim who did as expected. She became a Housekeeper, got rid of him and kept the house.. The TV interview showed her landing their 707 on the strip. She did pretty good. They used to have a Zoo there with all kinds of Animals.....
It appears he(John Travolta) is a well qualified and accomplished Pilot. Its good that Avaition can have a normal voice in this world. Hes a great spokesman for General Aviation.

[sharpshot]

Hope someone can post a video feed sometime - love to see the "push and start". Has the 70 got an APU or does he start all 4 on stand or cross feed further away from the house:)

[T_richard]

This is a riot, you mean this guy commutes to this house from wherever he is, pulls the vehicle up to the garage, turns off the engine, reaches into the back seat for his brief case and lunch pail, then closes the door, walks into the house and says "Honey, I'm home" Talk about OTT!!

When the trick or treaters showed up for Halloween what did he do fev up the turbines to give them a little scare. I see little goblins flying through the air from the back draft:p

[Apollo101]

He's got the cash. And the brains.

I read once he was flying his GII and lost electrical power up high over Washington D.C. Landed at Reagan National with no lights , Him and his Co-pilot reading the standby gauges with flashlights.

Any one heard of that one?

[Colonel Klink]

Yes I read it somewhere as well, he did a good job on that one. He flew that 707 recently all around the world as spokesman for Qantas.
His wife did draw the line on that one for the name of their second child, allegedly!

[pigboat]

He's been connected with aviation from a long way back. When he played Vinnie Babarino on "Welcome Back Cotter" he already had a DC-3. The studio wouldn't let him fly it because they said he was too valuable a commodity in case of an accident.
The MATS Connie that's currently doing the airshow circuit used to belong to him also. He bought it from a company called Conifair, who'd installed tanks and used it as a spruce budworm sprayer. A friend of mine ferried it for him from CYYY to KFLL. Enroute they had a runaway propeller. My friend said he became an instant convert to Christianity. :uhoh:

[Leviatan]

sharpshot, I'm pretty sure that Travolta's 707 has been fitted with an APU

[411A]

Word from those in the know say...two APU's.
This is not unusual in exec B707 aircraft.
Normally mounted in the forward baggage compartment.

[sharpshot]

:oh: no cross feed necessary then - keeps the neighbours happy.

Just wondering - do they have any Fire and Rescue services based at this wonderful establishment? I have no idea how many houses are in the area with aircraft based, but if you operate 70's guess you need to consider all the conveniences that the safety of using a big airfield has to offer as a matter of licensing - or so I would have thought.

Plainly Jealous - but if we had the money............wow!

[amanoffewwords]

There are some pics of the strip and other info at Jumbolair's site (http://www.jumbolair.com/) - looks pretty nice - but I'm not sure I'd like to live at an airport...

[Iron City]

If it is a private airport (i.e. non-public use) you don't have to have the same support services as a public use airport or a license or anything. All you have to worry about is plowing in an not having anyone to put the fire out or dig you out of the wreckage.


Lots of private non-public use airfields in U.S., most all, obviously, not nearly so elaborate.

[Dockjock]

Son's name, Jett. Daughter, Ella Bleu. Holding company that he has the property registered under- Jett Bleu. True Story!! :D

[MASI]

after meeting john @ work one day i decided to do a bit of research to see just how well informed this guy was! i discovered the following.

John earnt his wings in 1974 and has logged around 5,000 hours-for reasons both proffesional and personal since.

he is a qualified cpt in the gulfstream II, learJet 24, Hawker1A, Citation 1 and 2, Tebuan and Vampire Jet, and a first officer on the 707 and he has completed FO B747 sim training.

John keeps his skills up to date through the usual refresher courses, traing @ American Airlines, Pan AM, SimuFlight, Qantas and others that i dont know of.

he got his Qantas wings on 24th June 2002.

Over a quarter of his 5,000 hours have been in the Gulfstream..... around 1,5000 hours.

And i think we all know about his "spirit of friendship tour" with Qantas as Ambassador-at-large.

[m&v]

Sharp' Maybe the distance to the neigbours is such that he doesn't need Fire/rescue equipement.Afterall it's not a requirement for 'normal'airline Ops.Someof the outlying fields only have a jeep and a fire extinguisher,it's not a requirement (insurance)for normal ops.When the firefighters go on strike ops are simply reduced to comply with the supervisory driven Truck.:confused:

[Taildragger]

Was this the ex Qantas 70 which flew with Baroom Aviation in Saudi before moving on.?? If so, I have flown in that one.
Anyone who can rescue a Connie is OK in my book, even though it was vern Raeburn who finally restored it.

[Capt. J. Patroni]

One nice thing about the B707. She can do everything but read.