John Travolta

[Patrick Liu]

I saw pictures of John Travolta's 707.

Do anyone know John's flight history?~~

Pat

[StellaStar]

He got his pilot's certification, earned the ratings all the way up to ATP.
Then bought himself a 707. Some rich people DO spend their money well :-)

[m]

http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/travoltaPromo (then click on the link to
play the Flash app)
Information on his 707 and John Travolta, lovely pics of inside!!

"Patrick Liu" <duri...@attbi.com> wrote in message
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[Jonathan Goodish]

In article <20020902175339...@mb-ch.aol.com>,

stell...@aol.com (StellaStar) wrote:
> He got his pilot's certification, earned the ratings all the way up to ATP.
> Then bought himself a 707. Some rich people DO spend their money well :-)

Actually, he only holds a Private certificate, not ATP. According to
registry.faa.gov, it doesn't appear that he's type rated in the 707
either, unless it happened recently.

JKG

[Brisbin and Jenneskens]

His first airplane was an Ercoupe.

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[Rad]

I just read the other day..he got 707 and 744 F/O ratings only (so I guess
he can't be a PIC on his plane).. he also holds a bunch of other type
ratings... He owns a 707 and a G-II right now..

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[Michael Aeberhard]

He visits often with his 707 at my local airport (KPIE). I have yet to see
it though, just heard of from my friends who work at the airport.

--

Michael Aeberhard
gtg...@mail.gatech.edu
Computer Engineering

[Flighthawk]

It usually parks out back of the USCG C-130 hanger when in town.

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[Andrew Puddifer]

Rumour also has it that he's out looking for a good second hand 747 SP
or similar as well...
Great to see someone who spends it as easily as they make it!

Regards, Andrew.

[Andrew Puddifer]

I understand he is type rated for the 707. He has also very recently
received a type rating for the 747, training through Qantas airlines.
I listened to him coming in to Sydney a few weeks ago, and he was
definitely a very professional sounding pilot.

Regards, Andrew.

[Michael Aeberhard]

That's the Jet Exec hangar, right?

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Michael Aeberhard
gtg...@mail.gatech.edu
Computer Engineering

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[Ron Natalie]

"Rad" <aspd...@hotmail.com.no.spam> wrote in message news:5RVc9.71399$iP2.3...@twister.southeast.rr.com...

> I just read the other day..he got 707 and 744 F/O ratings only (so I guess
> he can't be a PIC on his plane)..

There's no such thing as a First Officer rating.

[Rad]

as in.. he can't act as PIC on that plane.. whatever you'd call it... btw..
this was a quote from his interview ;)

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[Ron Natalie]

"Rad" <aspd...@hotmail.com.no.spam> wrote in message news:%Ccd9.1199$FY1....@twister.southeast.rr.com...

> as in.. he can't act as PIC on that plane.. whatever you'd call it... btw..
> this was a quote from his interview ;)

Then most likely he doesn't have a 707 type rating. The FO only needs a multiengine certificate
of some sort.

[Rad]

Not sure.. here's what's showing on FAA's site:

Type Ratings

P/CE-500 P/G-1159 P/HS-125 P/LR-JET

Limits

CE-500 (VFR ONLY).

Now.. all these have that P/ in front.. However, here's what it says for a
captain on 744 -- A/B-747-4 (so that A/ in front).. difference? not sure
;)

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[Ron Natalie]

"Rad" <aspd...@hotmail.com.no.spam> wrote in message news:Ymwd9.867$jF4.2...@twister.southeast.rr.com...

>
>> Now.. all these have that P/ in front.. However, here's what it says for a
> captain on 744 -- A/B-747-4 (so that A/ in front).. difference? not sure
> ;)

Well if you look at the main registry page, it says the ratings are qualified
by which certificate they are on. The A/ means it's on his ATP certificate.
P/ means it's on his private.

[Jonathan Goodish]

In article <Ymwd9.867$jF4.2...@twister.southeast.rr.com>,

"Rad" <aspd...@hotmail.com.no.spam> wrote:
>
> Now.. all these have that P/ in front.. However, here's what it says for a
> captain on 744 -- A/B-747-4 (so that A/ in front).. difference? not sure
> ;)

The letter preceding the type rating indicates the certificate on which
the type rating applies. All of John Travolta's type ratings are
preceded by a "P" because John Travolta only holds an FAA Private Pilot
certificate -- no more, no less.

Incidentally, there's nothing but bizjets on his list of type ratings.

Call it a personal issue of mine, but John tends to take every chance he
gets to brag about how many airplanes he owns/flies/thinks about. That,
combined with scattered reports of his, perhaps irresponsible, behavior
in airplanes, bothers me when I consider holding him up as an aviation
role model. There are many other famous people who fly airplanes, and
love aviation, who don't go around parading their self-pride in front of
everyone.

JKG

[Dennis]

I believe he also once owned a Paris Jet.

Dennis
N3868J
MyAirplane.com

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[Dave S]

He is qualified to be a first officer with Quantas Airways, and they did
it as a PR gig while he stumps for the airline. The qualification is
internal to the airline. He obviously has to be Commercial and ME
certificated.

Dave, PPSEL.

[Acadia]

The online FAA registry is far from up to date. Im still waiting on a
rating I earned a year ago to show up. My last instructor who has an
MEI with 400hrs of dual multi given shows up as a Private Pilot ASEL.

DMM

[Jonathan Goodish]

In article <2b15744f.02090...@posting.google.com>,
aca...@yahoo.com (Acadia) wrote:

> The online FAA registry is far from up to date. Im still waiting on a
> rating I earned a year ago to show up. My last instructor who has an
> MEI with 400hrs of dual multi given shows up as a Private Pilot ASEL.
>
> DMM

If you're using the database at registry.faa.gov, it should be
reasonably up-to-date. "Reasonably" in government terms means within a
few months. Certainly, if you earned a rating a year ago and it hasn't
shown up in their database yet, I'd call and ask about it.

Your temporary certificate is only good for a finite period of time (120
days, if I remember correctly, but it's been a while), so if it's been a
year and the FAA hasn't processed it, you no longer have the rating.

JKG

[Simon Hewison]

In article <Ymwd9.867$jF4.2...@twister.southeast.rr.com>, Rad wrote:
> Not sure.. here's what's showing on FAA's site:
>
> Type Ratings
>
>
> P/CE-500 P/G-1159 P/HS-125 P/LR-JET

.. and so on.

Has anyone thought that he might also hold a licence other than an
FAA issued one? Given that he does a bit of publicity work with
Qantas, he might also have an australian issued CPL, or PPL.

Not all authorities make the personal records quite as public as he FAA.

--
Simon Hewison
PPL. Not holding any piece of paper issued by the FAA.