Happy landings: John Travolta's plane collection parked at his home in Florida
Posted on 03/30/2007 4:33:57 AM PDT by drpix
His serious aviation habit means he is hardly the best person to lecture others on the environment. But John Travolta went ahead and did it anyway.
The 53-year-old actor, a passionate pilot, encouraged his fans to "do their bit" to tackle global warming.
But although he readily admitted: "I fly jets", he failed to mention he actually owns five, along with his own private runway.
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Travolta has Al Gore disease. He's so fat he seems to be bursting out of his skin.
do as I say, not as I do?
(is that an Italian flag out front?)
Not to mention at least 5 (but maybe 7) cars in the driveway.
I saw John's Qantas 707 on the ramp in Atlanta a few years ago. It's a beautiful restoration.
It's interesting guys like Travolta and Gore and Edwards and Pelosi think all they have to do is speak out against global warming and that's all that is required. Travolta has a lot of company on the left when he calls for the little people to sacrifice while he doesn't.
CORRECTION: which in front = which is in front
Improperly posted on the left, as well. The American flag must always be flown on the left staff when flown with a second flag, according to flag protocol.
Oh, but Travolta can purchase carbon offsets! So that makes him morally superior.
Yes it is. Don't forget, Travolta is also a Scientologist.
That "This is your captain" picture in the article needs to be photo shopped with a bobble head.
I wonder if John does buy carbon offsets? After he's opened his mouth and shot himself in the foot he may have to in order to placate his hollywood buddies---and big Al of course.
Travolta's lawnkeeper in one season causes more global warming than the average American does in a lifetime.
It sure looks nice in that picture. 707s are great old planes. That having been said, those old engines (I'm guessing Pratt and Whitney JT3Ds) are both thirsty and somewhat smoky. It's not at all "green". I'm all for him having him having his plane, but it's ridiculous for him to lecture about global warming.
According to what the article says - maybe he's trying out for a part in that band "The Village People"... YMCA?
Hey, and look at what most of those cars are???????
SUV anyone??????
Travolta's place is 5 minutes up the road from me. It's a beatiful subdivision but I have to laugh that it's across the street from a small but stinky fertilizer plant.
Travolta ha been known to fly his co-stars home on weekends while shooting movies.
John Travolta caught kissing another man
Demented minds think alike, 20 seconds apart.... :-)
Thanks. I knew I forgot something in my other comment.
How would you diagnose a condition where a person could be leaning against their Jet-A guzzling private aircraft while telling the world how evil such consumption is? Only in a condition where the ability to compartmentalize different aspects of private life were so well-honed that none of them were allowed to touch each other, where reality itself was only was one of the many sources of the bricks and mortar that were the raw materials from which the mind made its own little, perfect, world.
I also see 5 cars in the photo and a spot for a 6th.
Not to mention a pool, which is no doubt heated, and about 20,000 square feet of living space which are no doubt heated or cooled year round.
It's ok he has a No Blood for Oil sticker on the Jumbo! Nice house and jets.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Travolta wins the "Streisand Dry YOUR Clothes on a Line Award for Hypocrisy."
Does anyone remember the "Cher" quote when she raved at us little people having Ipods - just before she jumped in one of her limos?
But remember, Travolta is one of the "People Who Matter" - so any personal carbon use he engages in is OK, as long as he, like Gore, is devoting his efforts to straightening out the "People Who Don't Matter" in flyover country. ;)
Is that anything like a rapist donating to N.O.W.?
Who sells carbon offset credits and WHERE does the money ultimately go?
Is he peeing in the pool?
Could Travolta say "carbon footprint"?
OMG, he has what looks like a commercial jet? Holy cow.
Ted Kennedy being a women's rights advocate?
That house looks awfully small compared next to those jets. Couldn't Travolta do better?
Not bad for a Sweathog
He lives in an airport hanger? That house is the worst!
It must be tough to have peaked at 20. Typical Lib "Do as I say but not as I do". Their Entitlement mentality is just amazing, to me.
Some things are indeed relative. Having flown the predecessor jet for some 19 years, http://www.simviation.com/gallery/fsdgallerykc135a.htm as well as the AF 'C' model with the engines gracing John's jet, there was as much a world of difference in consumption, and power, between the J-57 and the JT3D as there is now between the latest Fans, and the JT3D. Even a greater difference from today's to yesteryear, if two engines can do the work of four.
That said, the AF wasn't interested in engine upgrades until the price of fuel became a looming issue. Engine efficiency and design was also a large factor. There has been a pretty large leap in just the last decade. On the issue at hand, I have to cut John some slack since there aren't many pilots that would not love to jump into his aviation shoes, myself included.
I might even volunteer to fly as co-pilot.
WTF???
"Not to mention at least 5 (but maybe 7) cars in the driveway."
And horror of horrors a couple look like SUV's.
Conservatives tend to cluster around principles they share in common. Non-Conservatives cluster around what? Maybe what principles they reject. However, when you reject principle, upon what basis do you process information, that is to say, how do you decide what is to be praised and what is to be condemned? I would suggest that it is fashion and passion, or what looks good and feels good at the moment.
Thus we have the perfect image of the Hollywood society- who is hot, who is not, what is new and therefore in, what is old and therefore out. And further, we have continual churn as to who is the opinion leader and why his or her opinion counts.
Thus the focus on 'buzz', or who we should be talking about and paying attention to. Buzz has a very short half life, unless the buzz is part of a larger story. In the case of Travolta, we have the confluence of public virtue, showing how much you care for the earth, and being able to make low-cost statements at how others should be living their lives, that is if they really cared for humanity's ability to survive. Since everyone who voices these concerns only has the best of intentions in their own minds, their own behavior is exempted.
This is the epitome of elitist behavior. In the case of Travolta, the 'little people' are also his fans, and they only love him and hang on his every word when he has any contact with him.
OMG!! Kissing a man on the lips!!! Travolta is WEIRD!
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