John Travolta's Private Jet

Posted by John Crandall Jan 21, 2007

Besides starring in such 70’s hits as Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and The Urban Cowboy; John Travolta is also a licensed pilot who owns his own 707 jet which makes the news more than he did before his resurgence in Pulp Fiction and other recent movies.

He reportedly parks the jet in his driveway at his home in Florida which happens to also be a runway complete with a replica 1950s airport/lounge. He flies his family, Including starlet wife Kelly Preston all over the world, and even had one close call with his family aboard. Engine and electrical systems failures forced him to crash land. A dangerous task which he managed to pull off safely. He also flew his plane in a humanitarian effort to deliver medicines to victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

The plane is painted with the Qunatas logo; that airline is famous in America for being mentioned as never having crashed in the movie Rain Man. The jet shows up in press photos from time to time, and most recently made the news when Travolta was photographed kissing a man beside the plane. I’m not touching the question of whether or not that makes him gay. I think it was in Europe, and some European men still kiss each other as a customary greeting, so despite body language experts' judgments, I’m not drawing any conclusions.

I guess having your own plane in the driveway is a better cure for gridlock than most of us can aspire to.