Comments on: John Travolta’s Beautiful 707

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:40:48 +0000

Spotted again this morning at LAX, on the ramp just west of the southern entrance to the Sepulveda Tunnel. It was also parked there Thursday morning (5 Nov).

By: Trey Smith

Trey Smith — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:44:09 +0000

@ AN: The answer to this is how much money do you have? It is conceivable that you could literally replace every single component. Aircraft are routinely taken apart and reassembled as part of their lifetime inspections. The cost factor is usually why they are sent to a graveyard. There are many many many WWII aircraft still in service. This is due to their owners love of the aircraft and very deep pockets.

By: James Allen

James Allen — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:00:55 +0000

@ patrick: Never did like the Gawdy paint schemes on Braniff airplanes.....stuck out like a sore thumb when I worked on the DC-8 line at Douglas (Yes, Douglas) Aircraft. Besides, Braniff sunk! Qantas is still one of the best airlines in the world.

By: CF

CF — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:33:20 +0000

B.A. wrote:

How do the libtards, explain “global warming” which occurred thousands of years ago, before there were any aircraft, automobiles, or vast acres of farting cows to blame it on?

I'm not sure why I even bother responding to comments like these because they're clearly not looking for a real answer. Otherwise you wouldn't have used the disrespectful term "libtard" and would have instead looked for a thoughtful discussion. I don't know of anyone who denies that there are global fluctuations in temperature that occur naturally. The question today is whether or not human output is impacting the climate of the Earth and I don't see any credible scientists saying that isn't the case.

By: B.A.

B.A. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:17:23 +0000

How do the libtards, explain “global warming” which occurred thousands of years ago, before there were any aircraft, automobiles, or vast acres of farting cows to blame it on?

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:18:23 +0000

Just spotted this 707 parked at LAX this morning, from the 105 bridge above Sepulveda (I assume it was the same one — how many 707′s are flying around these days in original Qantas livery?). Thanks for this post, which allowed me to identify the plane while driving at 55 mph or so.

By: globemaster1968

globemaster1968 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:51:13 +0000

I did a little calculation, I tried to figure out the difference in carbon output, If you drove a car from denver to seattle, or take an airplane. You have more carbon output in a 2 1/2 day drive than a 2 hour plane flight. now you all figure it out yourself ok?

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:47:33 +0000

The US Air Force has MANY Boeing 707 airframes in current service — called the KC-135. Look it up — the old girl is still valuable for national defense!

By: patrick

patrick — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:02:29 +0000

I think it would look nicer in the solid blue Braniff scheme it wore before…

By: tudelink

tudelink — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:06:42 +0000

I was about to buy one of the planes, but as I couldn’t decide between A380 and Travolta’s 707… I’ll finally buy a bycicle :P