It's called Jumbolair, and it's the new home of John Travolta and his B-707 and Gulfstream ....

[Larry Dighera]

http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/NEWS/311021090/1010/REALESTATE
High-flying
A lot of neighborhoods don't allow the owners to park Boeing 707s
outside their homes, which is why actor John Travolta moved to
Jumbolair, near Ocala.


BY CHRISTOPHER LLOYD N.Y. TIMES REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS

OCALA -- It's not just another housing development, as you can tell by
the 1.4-mile airstrip and the Boeing 707 parked next to one of the
houses.

Located in the Central Florida town of Anthony, just north of Ocala,
it's called Jumbolair, and it's the new home of John Travolta -- '70s
TV phenom, film superstar, Oscar-nominated actor, sex symbol,
accomplished pilot, doting husband and father.

After several years of whispers about his building a house here, the
49-year-old actor has taken up residence in his nearly completed
mansion. Travolta is flying daily from Ocala to Tampa to shoot "The
Punisher," an action movie based on the comic book, set to be released
next summer.

A lifelong love of aviation holds the key to Travolta's decision to
build at Jumbolair.

During much of the 1980s, elephants used to roam Jumbolair's rolling
woodlands, safe from poachers and reckless intruders, thanks to Arthur
Jones, creator of the Nautilus line of exercise equipment, and his
then-wife Terri, who used to bring in African elephants and other
endangered creatures via the 1.4-mile airstrip.

Terri Jones-Thayer, who divorced Jones and married Jeremy Thayer, is
turning Jumbolair into an exclusive fly-in community. Although
Travolta is the only big-name customer to buy in so far, other
celebrities are said to have an interest, including NASCAR star Ricky
Rudd.

Cleared for takeoff: The center of Travolta's home resembles an
air-control tower.

Travolta owns at least two jets, a Gulfstream and a huge Boeing 707B.
Simply put, there aren't very many non-commercial airstrips where
planes of that size can take off and land. Jumbolair, with its long
landing strip and massive jet wash berms at either end, is one of
them.

About a decade ago, Travolta had a home in a fly-in community near
Daytona, but was sued by neighbors who claimed his jet airplanes were
too big and noisy for their facility.

The very layout of his new house is testament to Travolta's love of
flying. It's located immediately off the main airstrip, and is
designed so his jets can taxi right up to two outbuildings connected
to the main structure, which is shaped like a squat air-control tower.
Travolta literally can walk out his door, under a canopied walkway and
into the cockpit, open the long mechanized gate and be airborne in a
matter of minutes.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration ...

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
Larry Dighera > wrote:

> http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/NEWS/311021090/10
> 10/REALESTATE
> High-flying
> A lot of neighborhoods don't allow the owners to park Boeing 707s
> outside their homes, which is why actor John Travolta moved to
> Jumbolair, near Ocala.
>
>
> BY CHRISTOPHER LLOYD N.Y. TIMES REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS
>
> OCALA -- It's not just another housing development, as you can tell by
> the 1.4-mile airstrip and the Boeing 707 parked next to one of the
> houses.
>
> Located in the Central Florida town of Anthony, just north of Ocala,
> it's called Jumbolair, and it's the new home of John Travolta -- '70s
> TV phenom, film superstar, Oscar-nominated actor, sex symbol,
> accomplished pilot, doting husband and father.
>
> After several years of whispers about his building a house here, the
> 49-year-old actor has taken up residence in his nearly completed
> mansion. Travolta is flying daily from Ocala to Tampa to shoot "The
> Punisher," an action movie based on the comic book, set to be released
> next summer.
>
> A lifelong love of aviation holds the key to Travolta's decision to
> build at Jumbolair.
>
> During much of the 1980s, elephants used to roam Jumbolair's rolling
> woodlands, safe from poachers and reckless intruders, thanks to Arthur
> Jones, creator of the Nautilus line of exercise equipment, and his
> then-wife Terri, who used to bring in African elephants and other
> endangered creatures via the 1.4-mile airstrip.
>
> Terri Jones-Thayer, who divorced Jones and married Jeremy Thayer, is
> turning Jumbolair into an exclusive fly-in community. Although
> Travolta is the only big-name customer to buy in so far, other
> celebrities are said to have an interest, including NASCAR star Ricky
> Rudd.
>
> Cleared for takeoff: The center of Travolta's home resembles an
> air-control tower.
>
> Travolta owns at least two jets, a Gulfstream and a huge Boeing 707B.
> Simply put, there aren't very many non-commercial airstrips where
> planes of that size can take off and land. Jumbolair, with its long
> landing strip and massive jet wash berms at either end, is one of
> them.

Be careful flying in there! There is a 1500 ft TV tower 2 miles east and
a 600 ft radio tower about a mile south (right under the straight-in for
36).



> About a decade ago, Travolta had a home in a fly-in community near
> Daytona, but was sued by neighbors who claimed his jet airplanes were
> too big and noisy for their facility.
>

I live in that community. It seems that the wrong people got control of
our Property Owners' Assn. at the time and did some really stupid things.


> The very layout of his new house is testament to Travolta's love of
> flying. It's located immediately off the main airstrip, and is
> designed so his jets can taxi right up to two outbuildings connected
> to the main structure, which is shaped like a squat air-control tower.
> Travolta literally can walk out his door, under a canopied walkway and
> into the cockpit, open the long mechanized gate and be airborne in a
> matter of minutes.

I've seen the 707 but haven't seen the house yet, but will (at least
from the outside) when Linda and I go there for Sunday brunch.

Jumbolair has a great Sunday brunch the first Sunday of the month --
$25/head. We were going to go there last Sunday but just figured that it
is too much food!

[Larry Dighera]

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 03:46:25 GMT, Orval Fairbairn
> wrote in Message-Id:
>:

>In article >,
> Larry Dighera > wrote:
>
>> http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/NEWS/311021090/1010/REALESTATE
[...]
> I've seen the 707 but haven't seen the house yet, but will (at least
>from the outside) when Linda and I go there for Sunday brunch.

There are pictures at the link above of the house with both aircraft
parked in front and helipad at the back.

[Chuck]

"Larry Dighera" > wrote in message
...
>
http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/NEWS/311021090/1010/REALESTATE
> High-flying
> A lot of neighborhoods don't allow the owners to park Boeing 707s
> outside their homes, which is why actor John Travolta moved to
> Jumbolair, near Ocala.
>
>
> BY CHRISTOPHER LLOYD N.Y. TIMES REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS
>
> OCALA -- It's not just another housing development, as you can tell by
> the 1.4-mile airstrip and the Boeing 707 parked next to one of the
> houses.
>

<snip>



Larry, I believe that you post about Jumbolair would fall under the "hanger
flying" category, not GENERAL AVIATION.

Please refrain from making off topic posts.

Some quotes from YOUR posts...

"It's offensive to the extent that it is non compliant with the
rec.aviation.piloting charter:" <snip>

"I find it inconsistent with the newsgroup charter, don't you?"

"Is that the only time you feel it is important to respect the
newsgroup charter?"

"If we permit the content of a newsgroup to exceed the bounds of its
charter, the usenet hierarchy will soon become meaningless."



May I quote from YOUR post from December 30, 2003?

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Date: 2002-01-13 00:45:07 PST

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[David Brooks]

"Larry Dighera" > wrote in message
...
>
http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/NEWS/311021090/1010/REALESTATE

> Travolta literally can walk out his door, under a canopied walkway and
> into the cockpit, open the long mechanized gate and be airborne in a
> matter of minutes.

Minutes? How long does it take to preflight and start a 707? Can it be
possible he has a crew doing the boring bits?

-- David Brooks

[Judah]

More importantly, do they make him put a throttle lock on the plane like
they do to the 172's in NJ?


"David Brooks" > wrote in
:

> "Larry Dighera" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
> http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/NEWS/311021
> 090/1010/REALESTATE
>
>> Travolta literally can walk out his door, under a canopied walkway and
>> into the cockpit, open the long mechanized gate and be airborne in a
>> matter of minutes.
>
> Minutes? How long does it take to preflight and start a 707? Can it be
> possible he has a crew doing the boring bits?
>
> -- David Brooks

[Trentus]

One click is all it takes to go from this............

>
http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/NEWS/311021090/1010/REALESTATE

which is sure to end up wrapping and annoying everyone,
to this ............

http://tinyurl.com/uivt

One lousy click. FCOL the site even copies it to your computer's clipboard
for you.
So you can paste it straight into your post.

Our lives must be www.ay too busy if we haven't got the time to take one
extra click to ensure our posts are useable by all.

Trentus

[B a r r y B u r k e J r .]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:23:29 GMT, "Trentus" >
wrote:

>One click is all it takes to go from this............
>
>>
>http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/NEWS/311021090/1010/REALESTATE
>
>which is sure to end up wrapping and annoying everyone,
>to this ............

Unless one correctly follows the age-old spec and brackets the url,
like this:

<http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/NEWS/311021090/1010/REALESTATE>

Lots of folks have gone to sites they really don't want to be at,
thanks to services like Tiny Url. <G>

Barry

[Trentus]

> Unless one correctly follows the age-old spec and brackets the url,
> like this:
>
>
<http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031102/NEWS/311021090
/1010/REALESTATE>

Well, learn something new everyday. I wondered why some wrap - and still
work - and others don't.

> Lots of folks have gone to sites they really don't want to be at,
> thanks to services like Tiny Url. <G>

Yeah, I hadn't thought about that factor. Spose I just trust people too much
on this newsgroup.
Worth considering.

Trentus