Travolta's 707 Closer To Arriving In Australia

Geoffrey Thomas

By Geoffrey Thomas Tue Dec 6, 2022

John Travolta's famous Boeing 707 is getting closer to its final Australian homes reports Australia's Historical Aircraft Restoration Society based at Shellharbour Airport in New South Wales.

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In a FB post the President of HARS said:

"The Team in the US working on the 707 project has been catching up post covid. The attached photo (below) just received shows the aircraft cleaned for further inspections and we understand the pylons are almost ready to be reinstalled. There is still plenty to do but step by step HARS is showing that we can do this stuff as evidenced by our past achievements that few thought possible. The big question is WHEN? The answer is when it is safe and ready."

The aircraft is former Qantas 707-138B VH-EBM - "the last of the hotrods" - and was donated by Mr Travolta in 2017.  

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