John Travolta's Boeing 707 Donated to Australian Museum

John Travolta made a noble act these last few days, his classic Boeing 707 with Qantas livery (not the current one) will now be directed to a Museum, where the 707 will be preserved to identify an important moment in civil aviation, the first the highly successful reaction.

Travolta's Boeing 707 was originally built in 1964, destined for the Qantas company (hence the classic painting on the fuselage). The actor, who is ionate about planes, acquired it in 1998, after operating flights for more than 30 years without interruption, since then Travolta's plane has been used for his personal transport, as well as being in US exhibitions, such as Oshkosh. Previously this Boeing 707 also belonged to Frank Sinatra, the renowned American singer.

John Travolta's 707 was perfect for composing an interior all in VIP class, equal to the BBJ planes commercialized by Boeing today. The plane is a long-range version of the 707 produced, usually these long-range versions are the ones that create executive aircraft derivatives, and there's more, this 707 was almost exclusive, in this special version with extended range only 13 aircraft were produced .

For those who are ionate about aviation, and especially for the unique noise of the 707, in 2010 the actor landed with his plane in Brazil, when he recorded a commercial for Breitling in Brazil. The plane landed at Galeão Airport.

Now Travolta's plane has been donated to an Australian organization for the conservation of aircraft HARS, which will carry out the entire part of the restoration of the jet, as well as safely transfer it to its base, which is located near Sydney, Australia. John Travolta's house will no longer be the same, the giant vacancy of the Boeing 707 will now be empty, at least until the actor decides to acquire another plane, in addition to his Gulfstream GII, his Eclipse and ultralights. For those who like to fly, there's no bad day, just CB in the sky in VFR flight.

 

See John Travolta's press release below:

It is with great pleasure that I make this exciting historic announcement that my beloved Boeing 707 aircraft has been donated to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS), based in the city of Albion Park, approximately 140 km south of the city of Sydney, Australia.

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As many of you will know, flying is a ion of mine and I am so grateful to have been lucky enough to count many hours flying such a beautiful plane.

The aircraft was originally delivered to Qantas Airways in 1964 and was converted for private use after it ended its life with “The Flying Kangaroo”.

I was honored to have the 707 repainted in the original Qantas colors when I became the airline's ambassador, and it's so fitting that many of the HARS volunteers are retired Qantas employees.

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The aircraft currently requires a lot of work to be restored to a safe flying state and having seen firsthand the dedication and ion of the people at HARS, I have no doubt that this beautiful and historic aircraft will be flying again.

HARS has an impressive track record of restoring aircraft, and I have personally flown a Super Constellation, which they have restored to fly in good condition.

I am looking forward to being part of the crew that will fly the plane to Australia, ed by well qualified and experienced pilots and good flight engineers.

In making this announcement, I would like to mention the significant given by Bendigo Bank Oak Flats and Shellharbour Community Bank Branches who, as a local organization, have been very ive of HARS' efforts in aircraft restoration.

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Thanks must also go to QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited Services for their significant as well.

I am really excited about this project and am so pleased that this beautiful aircraft, which I obviously have very fond memories of, will continue to fly well into the future.

Thank you