John Travolta gifts his 707-138 to HARS

[Capt Kremin]

John Travolta is officially handing his ex QF 707-138 to HARS. No word on when as yet but a fantastic addition to the HARS fleet.

John Travolta donates his Boeing 707 to HARS in Albion Park | Illawarra Mercury

[Fris B. Fairing]

Wonderful news. Congratulations HARS and thank you JT.

[compressor stall]

Nice work. Generous gift.

But are his epaulettes upside down?

[TowerDog]

. The actor, a qualified pilot and Qantas ambassador, hopes to be part of the crew to fly the vintage passenger jet from his Florida home to Albion Park.

Qualified pilot?
Did he ever get beyond a PPL?
He looks good with 4 stripes and a proper uniform, but it is all fake.

[Higs]

Fully checked out. My mate spoke to him on the radio once just south of Japan.

[Rodney Rotorslap]

As expected, it didn't take the tall poppy syndrome long to kick in.

[Capt Kremin]

Originally Posted by TowerDog

Qualified pilot?
Did he ever get beyond a PPL?
He looks good with 4 stripes and a proper uniform, but it is all fake.

I saw him at Qantas about 20 odd years going getting a 747-400 endorsement.

[compressor stall]

Tower Dog on the registry there's a guy with a very similar name with
P/ASEL. P/AMEL. P/INSTA. P/B707, P/B720, P/CE500. P/CL600. P/HS125 and others.

[AerialPerspective]

What a wonderful and generous gift, great ambassador and a fitting place for N707JT to retire to as well.

[cattletruck]

Wow, what a gift. Those of us who appreciate this gesture REALLY DO appreciate this gesture.

Thank VB, I mean JT.

[JammedStab]

I have been wondering recently how he could afford to fly that thing as he has not been big in the movies over the last few years.

Anyways, I hope he gets another cool old airplane as a replacement.

[TowerDog]

Originally Posted by compressor stall

Tower Dog on the registry there's a guy with a very similar name with
P/ASEL. P/AMEL. P/INSTA. P/B707, P/B720, P/CE500. P/CL600. P/HS125 and others.

P? As in private pilot?

[morno]

Who really gives a **** if he's a private pilot or a commercial pilot?

[mickjoebill]

Would be fitting to shoot some air to air of it on what could be its last flight.


Mjb

[Deano969]

Originally Posted by mickjoebill

Would be fitting to shoot some air to air of it on what could be its last flight.


Mjb

Would his 707 be able to get back in the air from Albion Park ?

[Capn Bloggs]

Would his 707 be able to get back in the air from Albion Park ?

Formation takeoff with the 747. Let's do it!

[coaldemon]

Whichever way he has been operating complex aircraft for quite a number of years

[Fris B. Fairing]

This quote from JT's press release implies that the aeroplane will continue flying.

I am truly excited by this project and am just so pleased that this
beautiful aircraft, for which I obviously have very fond memories,
will continue to fly well into the future.

[LeadSled]

Did he ever get beyond a PPL?
He looks good with 4 stripes and a proper uniform, but it is all fake.

TowerDog,
I believe that, if you were to do your homework, you would find out he has an FAA ATR with all the trimming.
It is quite a while ago now, but I seem to recall that he completed a full type course on a B747 at Qantas (don't recall whether it was a Classic or -438) and he was issued with a (now superseded) SCPL, so he would now have an Australian ATPL.
Don't be such a miserable sod, he can dress however he likes, either on his own aircraft, or as an "honorary" Qantas crew member, it is no more "fake" than a young kid with a CPL wearing four bars flying a C-172, which always gives me a good giggle.

Tootle pip!!

PS: Should the lead singer of the head banger group Iron Maiden wear four bars when he is flying?

[JamieMaree]

It was a 400 course. SCC named JD did his simulator training.