Travolta Private Pilot???

Mike Weller wrote

Nothing. Except for the private pilot certificate, he does not need
any thing execpt a current medical to act as a co-pilot. He would
have to have a Flight Engineer's cert to sit at the sideways table in
the 707, but real pilots don' do that.

Well Mike,....I spent 10 years as a US Naval Aviator, the last tour
included about 5 months of combat missions in the Vietnam theater of
operations. I then joined Pan American World Airways in 1967 where
I spent the next three years sitting sideways in B-707s. Not really
a bad job if you consider that it paid more than the Navy, much better
working conditions, and the sideways seat was a lot closer to the
pretty girls in the back. (Remember, this was 1967). Checked-out as
B-707 PIC in 1972.

BTW, Travolta need not restrict himself to SIC duties with his Private
Pilot Certificate, he is legal to operate as PIC with as many PAX as
the B-707 is certificated to carry.

Bob Moore
How many carrier landings have you made?

If he wants to be PIC in the the 707 he may need an ATP. You'd have to
check the aircraft type certificates. Some require the PIC to be an
ATP.

Mike Weller wrote in message ws.com...
If you look at the pilot registry, he's a private pilot. Duh? Qantas
Captain?

Mike Weller

BTW: Qantas said Travolta would be spending several months getting up
the standards to qualify as Captain. I assume that will give him his
ATP too. I'm sure Qantas 121 ticket requires all PICs to be ATP.

Mike Weller wrote in message ws.com...
If you look at the pilot registry, he's a private pilot. Duh? Qantas
Captain?

Mike Weller

(Robert M. Gary) wrote

If he wants to be PIC in the the 707 he may need an ATP. You'd have to
check the aircraft type certificates. Some require the PIC to be an
ATP.

None that I know of. I have personally trained a few Commercial Pilots
for B-707 type ratings. They had G.I. Bill money to burn and didn't
have enough hours to qualify for an ATP.

Bob Moore

(Paul Tomblin) wrote in message ...

Besides a private pilot license, instrument rating and appropriate type
ratings, what else does he need?

A carport or so to park the 707 at home.
But he's got one - check this out:
http://www.eddh.de/x-files/dl_files/home_base.jpg

Tobias

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:49:47 GMT, Robert Moore
wrote:

Good stuff snipped, thanks.

Bob Moore
How many carrier landings have you made?

You know, I don't think it would be too hard to land a C-172 on a
carrier. I can just hear the conversation...

"Cleared to land on any runway."

"Great, but you need to slow down a little for me to stick to the boat
(I'm ex-Air Force).

Mike Weller

Now a C-130 is a whole nuther thing.

John and family have the cover story in the latest Architectural Digest.
I'm not a big fan of the home's exterior design, but - with two jets
pulled up to it, I could learn to live with that.

Dave Blevins

On 22 Mar 2004 08:46:51 -0800, (Tobias Mock)
wrote:

(Paul Tomblin) wrote in message ...

Besides a private pilot license, instrument rating and appropriate type
ratings, what else does he need?

A carport or so to park the 707 at home.
But he's got one - check this out:
http://www.eddh.de/x-files/dl_files/home_base.jpg

Tobias