Welcome to “Jumbolair“, the luxury “fly-in” residential community in the Thoroughbred Horse-breeding haven of Ocala, Florida. The 550 acre housing development has the longest private airstrip in the country at 7500 feet. 125 families live here, each in a multi-million dollar home, complete with their own air-traffic control tower and walk-in terminal for each house. Though Jumbolair is the nicest, there are 430 developments in total like this in the US with 22,000 homes. What a way to live.Travolta is an avid aviator, and his aircraft collection includes a restored 1960s Boeing 707 airliner from Quantas, previously owned by Frank Sinatra and Kirk Kerkorian.
This is the history of John Travolta’s Boeing 707-138B.
- First Flight September 1, 1964
- Deliver to Qantas Airlines September 10, 1964
- Only in service for four years, put in storage on November 1, 1968
- Regency Income Purchases & leased to Braniff International on June 24, 1969
- Purchased by entertainer Frank Sinatra on February 24, 1972
- Purchased by the Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. in 1975
- Purchased by the Atlas Air Systems in 1975
- Purchased by Kirk Kerkorian on November 1, 1975
- Purchased by the Tracinda Corporation March 28, 1977
- Landing gear collapsed on March 28, 1977
- Purchased by TAG International September 26, 1977
- Leased to Sheikh Akram on September 26, 1977
- Place in storage at Newark on August 25, 1981
- Ferried to Le Bourget and place in storage in August 1983
- Reentered service in December 1983
- Purchased by Trans Oceanic Aviation in November 1987
- New VIP interior installed while out of service 1988
- Modified with hush kits which converted it to a 707-138B(Q) in 1989
- Returned to service in July 1990Purchased by Aviation Methods in 1995
- Ferried to Istanbul and placed in storage on October 29, 1995
- Offered for sale with a low TAT of 27,682hrs in September 1996
- Purchased by John Travolta on May 20, 1998
See it in Google Maps. Details of this private airfield can be found here.
Besides the GulfStream II (N492JT) and Boeing 707-138B (N707JT) that you see in the photo, he also has an Eclipse 500 very light jet. Though his current fleet is only 3, he has owned 17 aircraft since 1970.The Eclipse registration N218JT seen here in formation with his 707.NB: JT in the registration obviously stands for John Travolta. Photos from Architectural Digest, Miramax Films and the Daily Mail.
LOVE UR HOUSE,I ALSO STAY IN OCALA TO.I LOVE WATCHING UR MOVIES.FACE OFF.OH YEA…LOL….ME AND MY FAMILY WOULD LOVE TO MEET YA.THANK YOU FOR UR TIME…………MIZZ DIXON