what the???...travolta buys qantas 747

[snoopy_1]

I'm sooooo confused..........
Isn't that what Vinnie Barbarino used to say?
I bet he could pass the captain ride on an erj 145 at eagle, and If he reads what you said about him I bet he would say to you "Up your nose with a rubber hose"

 

[dsaviation]

As a pilot for Travolta, I can tell you that most of this information is false. I wont bother with all the details, its impossible to keep up with all the rumors, but I do want to clear up a few things.

He does own a 707, GII, and ultralight. He is NOT buying a 747.

The GII power loss was unavoidable. It was a bad RCR (which most GII pilots never check, they just turn on both generators at once after start) compounded with a generator failure. Because of the bad RCR, there was no way to disconnect the failed generator from the electrical system and it drained the battery and would not allow the TR or the other generator to power the DC side of the system. With his wife and infant baby on board, he made safe recovery on standby instruments into DCA.

He has been flying since he was 16 and absolutely loves all things related to aviation. With all that experience (he's 47 now), he is a very good pilot and all those crazy stories are false (he's never "buzzed" anything with the 707 or tried to fly an airplane without the required crewmembers). It is amazing how people will inflate a story about a guy just because he is famous and it sounds cool to know the "scoop" in a forum like this.

It is an excellent job, probably one of the best corporate jobs out there. Since the boss is so in-tune with aviation and specifically knows the limits of his airplanes, there is never any pressure to push things or take an airplane that is not absolutely safe to fly. It takes a lot of work to keep a 707 flying and his plane is absolutely the best example of how to keep an old girl flying.

 

[jaybird]

Thanks for clearing things up. Is the Fernandina thing true, or was it even him flying that night? I think it was the end of November. The flight did terminate in Spruce Creek.

 

[UM#1]

I bet he could pass the captain ride on an erj 145 at eagle,

Whatever, if he could we'd never know, he hasn't bothered to achieve anything past his private certificate, plus Buying a few types from Simuflight and Flight Safety......and plus the fact he has a suspension on his record from the FAA....I put him in the category of Doctor pilots...nothing but money buying flying...

 

[Dorkpilot]

Sounds like JT could make some big money now for slander lawsuits.....I read in a paper that he was in trouble for buzzing his house with the 707....are you "sure" he didn't buzz his house??????????

 

[UM#1]

not only does he have probs with the FAA, but now he owes the IRS..what a great guy!


"According to court records obtained by the Los Angeles Times, the 46-year-old actor has agreed to pay disputed losses he claimed from 1993 to 1995. The IRS sought more than $1 million, but Travolta will pay only back taxes, not the nearly $500,000 in penalties."

read the rest here;

http://movies.go.com/news/Todays_Stories/1130/travoltairs113000.html

 

[Diesel]

Actually guys I'm going to have to pull rank on this one.

I know for a FACT that he did buzz houses on islesboro. We have the radar returns from BOS which is the PARSO section if i remember correctly.

We all saw the radar returns and the video was on the news that night.

They had a big hubub at BangorFSS because it landed in it's back door.

Burn me if you wish but i tell you no lies.

 

[TDTURBO]

Whatever, if he could we'd never know, he hasn't bothered to achieve anything past his private certificate, plus Buying a few types from Simuflight and Flight Safety......and plus the fact he has a suspension on his record from the FAA....I put him in the category of Doctor pilots...nothing but money buying flying...

He does have an instrument rating.

 

[UM#1]

He does have an instrument rating.

instrument is just a rating, he has a multi Rating too. But it is all under a private Certificate! my point was that if your going to be flying a 707,GII, or the like around, shooting approachs in some of the biggest airports in the world, flying all over the world for that fact, you should get all the training you can....just my opinion though....

 

[TDTURBO]

.......and my point was that there is a big difference between a private pilot and a private pilot with an instrument rating. If you want to dissect semantics, a commercial license means alot less than an instrument rating.

 

[UM#1]

....actually an instrument rating is just a rating given to someone who can pass a check ride without any serious realworld actual IFR experience (in most cases). It's the actual experience that really counts and makes you the pilot that you are. A commercial certificate well yeah that doesn't incorporate a who hellauva lot of serious experience but I was refering more towards and ATP rating to go along with all those "Bought" types that JT has. If your going to fly big serious equipment in big serious situations then the proper training should be had.

 

[TDTURBO]

I agree 100%, an ATP says that you have at least 1500 hrs but I am sure JT has more than double that and since he reportedly flies allot of hard IMC, I would give the nod to a private pilot with 1500+ hrs of instrument filing time with half that in the soup or under the hood. I don't think JT is lacking in the "experience" department so, IMO, he has all the ratings and licenses he'll ever need.

Some of the best pilots in the world don't hold anything more than a private.


I agree that experience is the most important thing when assessing potential pilot abilties, next to that, I think being a high time instrument pilot with allot of actual beats the hell out of a "low time" ATP that lets George fly everyday. If most of JT's hours are single pilot IFR, he has to envy noone, not that he would anyway.

If I were JT and flying heavys, I would do the ATPjust because it's there to do. In fact, I am doing it, not because I need to but because it's another rating I can learn from. Being a physician, I have to do it twice as good as the next guy because of all the stereotypes. I became a doctor so I could afford to fly, that should tell you how much I like flying. When you quit learning, you start dying, in aviation or anything else!

Oh and BTW, I am retiring in 5 years to fly charter in the Bahamas and give up playing doctor because I can and want to, sound crazy??????

 

[UM#1]

sounds like a good plan..you should try scuba diving while your there.

 

[TDTURBO]

Funny you brought that up, I just got back from there island hoping for three weeks scuba diving from November thru December. It was a blast and expensive! The diving, I have to say, was bad because all thereefs are dead or dying from the aspergillis infection from the trade winds of over-farming in Africa........

I am doing the Cayman Caravan in June but don't suspect the diving to be much better.

 

[TDTURBO]

BTW UM#1,

Did you go to U of M? Because if you did.....................