John Travolta's big donation to Aussie museum

<p>John Travolta has announced that he will donate his vintage Boeing 707 plane to a restoration group in New South Wales.</p> <p>The actor said that the plane will need maintenance to embark on the trip from his Florida home to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, which is 145km south from Sydney.</p> <p>The aircraft was originally delivered to the Qantas fleet in 1964 and was then later converted for private use. The timing of the arrival of the plane to Australia is uncertain but Travolta hopes to be on board for the voyage.</p> <p>Travolta is a qualified pilot and Qantas ambassador who has special memories with the plane and is excited that it will continue to fly “well into the future”.</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOakFlatsCommunityBankBranchandShellharbourBranch%2Fvideos%2F1368852016542066%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" width="560" height="315" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p> <p>The actor has said in a statement, “As many of you will know, flying is a passion of mine and I am just so grateful to be fortunate enough to count many hours flying such a beautiful aircraft.”</p> <p>“The aircraft was originally delivered to Qantas Airways in 1964 and was converted for private use after it finished its life with ‘The Flying Kangaroo’.”</p> <p>“I was honoured to have the 707 repainted in the original Qantas colours when I became the ambassador for the airline, and it’s so fitting that many of the volunteers at HARS are retired Qantas employees.”</p>

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