EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9292 posts, RR: 12 Reply 3, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days ago) and read 4688 times:
Very sad... The GIIB has been very-very active today and will be flying out to the Bahamas soon. I never did meet him face to face, but did work around him and his aircraft during his many visits to to BGR
CitationJet From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2250 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 4552 times:
Quoting EMBQA (Reply 3): The GIIB has been very-very active today and will be flying out to the Bahamas soon.
Indeed. N492JT has made 6 flights today. It is currently flying to Grand Bahama (MYGF) from Clearwater Int'l (KPIE).
CitationJet From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2250 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 4410 times:
John Travolta's GIIB is registered N492JT. Jett Travolta's birthday is April 13, 1992 (4/92). I wonder if the Gulftstream's tail number is based on his son's birthday.
EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9292 posts, RR: 12 Reply 8, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 4365 times:
Virgin747LGW From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2007, 225 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 4347 times:
Ah man, my condolonces go out to the Travolta family, John has a major disney movie coming out next month, hopefully they wont make him do promotional work for it, I couldnt imagine being on TV explaining how much kids are gonna enjoy your film when you have just lost your own.
Dreadnought From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 7895 posts, RR: 22 Reply 10, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 4340 times:
In a few weeks time, it will have been exactly 10 years since my son died at age 15, in his sleep due to an undetected heart defect. Laurent was also my firstborn. I know exactly what this family is going through. It will never, ever go away.
In my family, the experience ended up pulling us together. My wife and our remaining daughter, now 22, are as close as any family we've ever met, possibly because we have seen up close how suddenly we can lose everything we cherish each other more. But it was not always that way. The first 2 or 3 years after his death, we were all set to explode. My career took a nasty turn due to my inability to cope. My wife just did not care anymore, and our daughter just went wild (granted, right at the beginning of her teenage years, which probably had something to do with it).
But we pulled out of it. Every minute of those first few days are permenantly engraved in my mind, but the misery of the following months fades with time, and you rebuild. Our daughter has become an extraordinarilly mature and responsible young woman. My wife learned (after a long time) to enjoy life once more. I rebuilt my career and found success again.
My prayers are with the Travolta family, and as much as they might feel that life is unfair and terrible, I can assure them that it will get better if they can stick together.
Asuflyer05 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2369 posts, RR: 3 Reply 11, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 4225 times:
That's terrible. A parent should never bury there child.
RomeoKC10FE From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 216 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 4163 times:
JCS17 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 8065 posts, RR: 43 Reply 16, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 3965 times:
Quoting Dreadnought (Reply 10): In a few weeks time, it will have been exactly 10 years since my son died at age 15, in his sleep due to an undetected heart defect. Laurent was also my firstborn. I know exactly what this family is going through. It will never, ever go away.
That's horrible, Charles. I'm sorry for your loss. I had a friend die at the same age with a heart defect after a soccer game. At that age, it was emotionally traumatizing for me, just a friend. I can't imagine what it is like for a parent to have to go through that nightmare.
Braybuddy From Ireland, joined Aug 2004, 5306 posts, RR: 35 Reply 17, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 3865 times:
Just heard this on the news this morning, and of all the items, good and bad, this is the one that stood out for me, not least because John is a fellow aviation enthusiast.
Like all the other members above, I'd like to offer my sincerest condolences to John and his family over their loss. Somehow I have a feeling that, if not a member here, he logs on now and again, so hopefully he will read this thread sometime (it's up to us on here to keep it alive for a while) and take a smidgen of comfort from what he reads. I'm not a father, but I have always thought that for a parent to lose a child must be by far the worst thing that could happen to anyone, and I do understand that it's a thing you never get over. You learn to live with it, apparently, but you never get over it.
Being just two weeks younger than John, I've followed his career since he burst on the world stage in the mid-70s, so he's been popping-up every so often in my adult life. I had neither positive or negative feelings about him, assuiming him to be just another Hollywood actor, with probably all the baggage that entails. That changed after I read an in-depth interview with him in the UK's Sunday Times Magazine around six years ago, where he spoke about his life, his love of aviation and how 9/11 affected him. He was an attitude-free interviewee, and his obvious likeability shone through like a beacon.
So John, if you're reading this, I hope you take some comfort from the posts on here. We are thinking of you during this terrible time.
Klaus From Germany, joined Jul 2001, 20902 posts, RR: 55 Reply 18, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 3839 times:
Quoting Dreadnought (Reply 10): In a few weeks time, it will have been exactly 10 years since my son died at age 15, in his sleep due to an undetected heart defect. Laurent was also my firstborn. I know exactly what this family is going through. It will never, ever go away.
That is very sad to hear. My condolences.
It is good to hear, though, that you and the other members of your family made it through eventually, as hard as it is.
Leezyjet From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 4041 posts, RR: 55 Reply 19, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 3546 times:
Normally something like this wouldn't really bother me either way, as I don't know the person concerned, sure I'd think it was a little sad, but then get on with my day.
However in this case I really do feel sad for Mr Travolta's family. I don't normally take an interest in Hollywood celebs, but I always have a read/watch if John is mentioned in the press as I have a lot of respect for him as he isn't all money and ego like the other celebs, he is just a normal guy who loves flying so much, he chose a career that would allow him to finance that love and really makes time to talk about his love and passion for flying.
RIP Jett.
"She Rolls, 45 knots, 90, 135, nose comes up to 20 degrees, she's airborne - She flies, Concorde Flies"
ZBBYLW From Canada, joined Nov 2006, 1927 posts, RR: 7 Reply 20, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 3468 times:
This truly is sad news for the whole Travolta family. While the near future is undoubtably going to be very difficult, I hope that everything works out for the entire family. RIP Jett and my feelings are with the entire Travolta family.
DocLightning From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 16940 posts, RR: 57 Reply 21, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 3428 times:
B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16598 posts, RR: 11 Reply 24, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 3283 times:
I am really sad for the whole Travolta family. My deepest condolences for all affected by this.
May Jett rest in peace.
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25 MCOflyer: It's very sad to see two good and wonderful peoples son die. May Jett rip in a better place. My little sis had tree seizures at 16 and miraculously,ma
26 Slider: I cannot fathom the absolute grief of losing a child. It would destroy me. My prayers for the Travolta family that they can find peace in time. That s
27 CPH-R: They have been strongly denying rumors that Jett suffered from autism, insisting instead that he suffered from Kawasaki Syndrome. http://www.nydailyn
28 NIKV69: I have a friend with a Autistic son and I don't think Jett had it. On the news they showed a picture of him before the alleged incident with the carpe
29 Slider: Ah, yes…Lisa McPherson, another CO$ murder victim. I disagree. There is a pattern of behavior among many Scientologists, including the tragic story
30 Aaron747: Fully agree. It's unfortunate, but the question does need to be asked and is more than prudent in the case of the Travoltas' personal tragedy. What d
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