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April 29th, 2004 08:00 PM #1
High-flying
A lot of neighborhoods don't allow the owners to park Boeing 707s outside
their homes, which is why actor John Travolta moved to Jumbolair, near Ocala.
OCALA -- It's not just another housing development, as you can tell by the
1.4-mile airstrip and the Boeing 707 parked next to one of the houses.
Located in the Central Florida town of Anthony, just north of Ocala, it's
called Jumbolair, and it's the new home of John Travolta -- '70s TV phenom,
film superstar, Oscar-nominated actor, *** symbol, accomplished pilot,
doting husband and father.
After several years of whispers about his building a house here, the
49-year-old actor has taken up residence in his nearly completed mansion.
Travolta is flying daily from Ocala to Tampa to shoot "The Punisher," an
action movie based on the comic book, set to be released next summer.
A lifelong love of aviation holds the key to Travolta's decision to build
at Jumbolair.
Travolta owns at least two jets, a Gulfstream and a huge Boeing 707B.
Simply put, there aren't very many non-commercial airstrips where planes of
that size can take off and land. Jumbolair, with its long landing strip and
massive jet wash berms at either end, is one of them.
About a decade ago, Travolta had a home in a fly-in community near Daytona,
but was sued by neighbors who claimed his jet airplanes were too big and
noisy for their facility.
The very layout of his new house is testament to Travolta's love of flying.
It's located immediately off the main airstrip, and is designed so his jets
can taxi right up to two outbuildings connected to the main structure,
which is shaped like a squat air-control tower. Travolta literally can walk
out his door, under a canopied walkway and into the cockpit, open the long
mechanized gate and be airborne in a matter of minutes.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration pilot database, Travolta
is qualified in several types of single- and multi-engine aircraft, and has
the highest pilot medical certification possible.
"We know that Travolta's an accomplished pilot. ... A lot of people fly for
the pleasure of it, and he's one of them," said John Clabes, an FAA
spokesman. "If you have this many ratings on these types of
high-performance aircraft, you're obviously a good pilot."
In layman's terms, Travolta has enough experience flying large multi-engine
jets that he could easily switch to piloting commercial airliners for a living.Signature
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April 29th, 2004 09:19 PM #4diyaskeng tao yan ... siguro kung hindi lang bawal sa civilian, matagal nang merong F-16 yan (for a toy plane to experience the extremes of flying) :D
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April 29th, 2004 10:39 PM #5
Ocala, huh....i think he would need a plane just to go anywhere decent....that place is in the middle of nowhere
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April 29th, 2004 11:41 PM #8
ang angas! pero ako gusto ko maliit lang na private jet, para low profile lang... pero kahit private jet may convoy pa rin... hehehe...
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April 29th, 2004 11:52 PM #9Originally posted by odell
m54 powered
malayo ba yan sa sibilasyon? hehehe
baka kung anu-anong kalokohan ang ginagawa nila dyan...i know Travolta is a big Scientologist
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April 30th, 2004 12:10 AM #10
haha ayan o may choice sya ng maliit at malaki.. eh sabi nga dyan NEAR Ocala lang eh hahaha so malayo pa...
grabe naman, pero astig
Wala parin spare tyre?
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