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Space Forum / Shuttle / May 2004NASA invite John Travolta to fly on shuttle
According to an item on GMTV (UK) this morning. Travolta was interviewed and says he is thrilled but needs to look into when he can spare six months from his film commitments to undergo the necessary training.  SignatureBrian Lawrence Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK > According to an item on GMTV (UK) this morning. Travolta was interviewed > and says he is thrilled but needs to look into when he can spare six months > from his film commitments to undergo the necessary training. But April 1st is over already, or is there any chance this is not a April fools joke? Bye, Andy SignatureAndreas Hoerstemeier email: andy@scp.de (work) andy@hoerstemeier.de (home) www: http://www.hoerstemeier.com > > According to an item on GMTV (UK) this morning. Travolta was interviewed > > and says he is thrilled but needs to look into when he can spare six months > > from his film commitments to undergo the necessary training. > But April 1st is over already, or is there any chance this is not a > April fools joke? Well it looked like Travolta and sounded like Travolta. I have no idea when he was speaking, so it's possible it was a week old and GMTV didn't realise. It seems highly suspicious but that's what he appeared to be saying. SignatureBrian Lawrence Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK Probably want to get God on their side for the next flight..... :-) Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ | > > According to an item on GMTV (UK) this morning. Travolta was interviewed | > > and says he is thrilled but needs to look into when he can spare six months [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | Version: 6.0.644 / Virus Database: 412 - Release Date: 26/03/2004 > Probably want to get God on their side for the next flight..... > :-) Actually, Nasa is still catching up on filling the quotas: "First Scientologist in space"... > Brian SignatureChuck Stewart "Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just studying algebra?" > > > According to an item on GMTV (UK) this morning. Travolta was interviewed > > > and says he is thrilled but needs to look into when he can spare six months [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > was speaking, so it's possible it was a week old and GMTV didn't realise. It > seems highly suspicious but that's what he appeared to be saying. He loves flying, so it wouldn't surprise me. He spoke at the opening of the new national air & space museum in Washington D.C. this past year and was challenged by some of the people being honored: "what is this guy doing here?." The admin explained that he was jet rated... That didn't really impress anybody. Sigh. Who knows. Maybe this is what NASA needs to get funded for Mars. Send Britney Spears up next. Too bad I'm so poor and obscure. The line is already forming to go up and I'm still just a thousandaire. pacplyer > He loves flying, so it wouldn't surprise me. He spoke at the opening > of the new national air & space museum in Washington D.C. this past > year and was challenged by some of the people being honored: "what is > this guy doing here?." The admin explained that he was jet rated... > That didn't really impress anybody. Interesting because it is well known that Travolta is more than just a plane affocionado. He owns and flies a very special 727 aircraft (first one operated by Qantas if I recall properly). He has even participated to some special anniversary at Qantas by flying his plane over. While his on-screen image may not be serious, the guy seems to be quite serious about his piloting and flying. So anyone asking "what is he doing there" should be the asking that question to himself. >> He loves flying, so it wouldn't surprise me. He spoke at the opening >> of the new national air & space museum in Washington D.C. this past [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >So anyone asking "what is he doing there" should be the asking that question >to himself. Why? It's not like being serious about piloting and flying, or being jet rated, are particularly rare qualities. Or is this another case of it being important only because a Star is involved? D. SignatureTouch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh. [...] > >While his on-screen image may not be serious, the guy seems to be quite > >serious about his piloting and flying. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > jet rated, are particularly rare qualities. Or is this another case > of it being important only because a Star is involved? It's more likely to be a case of "we should have a celebrity involved; where can we find one who meets some additional qualifications." Politicians are often invited with less pertinence. /dps > > He loves flying, so it wouldn't surprise me. He spoke at the opening > > of the new national air & space museum in Washington D.C. this past [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > So anyone asking "what is he doing there" should be the asking that question > to himself. His plane is a 707-138B originally registered to Quantas in 1963. http://www.visitingphx.com/vac2n.html > > He loves flying, so it wouldn't surprise me. He spoke at the opening > > of the new national air & space museum in Washington D.C. this past [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > So anyone asking "what is he doing there" should be the asking that question > to himself. Except that the people asking it, alluded the commentator at CSPAN, were the honories, who were being introduced by VP Cheney and others as "heros of aviation." Travolta may be wealthy, he may collect airplanes, but he is not in the same class with Neil Armstrong, Burt Rutan, Pattie Wagstaff, Sihorsky (sp) etc. Your on screen image of course is fictionary and has nothing to do with your contributions to the advancement of aviation, nor do your flying hobbies. Now Travolta may be a hero of the silver screen, I don't know. But he is no hero of aviation, and was not included on the list. There are at least 40,000 jet pilots in the U.S. with much more experience than Travolta has. Now if he makes it into space, that's a different story and he will become a member of a very elite club. best regards, pacplyer > > > > According to an item on GMTV (UK) this morning. Travolta was interviewed > > > > and says he is thrilled but needs to look into when he can spare six months [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > was speaking, so it's possible it was a week old and GMTV didn't realise. It > > seems highly suspicious but that's what he appeared to be saying. > He loves flying, so it wouldn't surprise me. He spoke at the opening > of the new national air & space museum in Washington D.C. this past > year and was challenged by some of the people being honored: "what is > this guy doing here?." The admin explained that he was jet rated... > That didn't really impress anybody. If you google for Travolta +shuttle the story seems to have first appeared just before Christmas, shortly after the NASM opening - or was it the First Flight Centennial? SignatureBrian Lawrence Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK > > > > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > before Christmas, shortly after the NASM opening - or was it the First Flight > Centennial? Yeah Brian, I saw it on CSPAN but it had been recorded earlier. It seems like quite a museum with SR-71, 747, and Concorde. Hope I get up there some day. Any of you seen it? pac [snip] >> > > Well it looked like Travolta and sounded like Travolta. I have no >> > > idea when he [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > pac No, but I had an invitation from Director to attend ... business conflict with schedule ! gb ".......................It's freaky, but it happens..............." "Hey, Mr O'Keefe, the thruster went off, I don't know why...." "Freeze-dried bacon tastes GOOD....freeze dried pork chops taste GOOD...." "I'm not saying the OMS should have reacted the way it did, but you should have expected a REACTION....." > According to an item on GMTV (UK) this morning. Travolta was interviewed > and says he is thrilled but needs to look into when he can spare six months > from his film commitments to undergo the necessary training. Well, make it easy, film the whole thing like it was a movie? And then he can find time. Mike > ".......................It's freaky, but it happens..............." > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.644 / Virus Database: 412 - Release Date: 26/03/2004 |
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