Travolta Flies 6 Tons of Freight to Haiti
02-04-2010, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
Mod note.
Interesting discussion to this point, but this turn toward religious debate is not IAW the TOS; so let's nip it in the bud now please.
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Interesting discussion to this point, but this turn toward religious debate is not IAW the TOS; so let's nip it in the bud now please.
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02-04-2010, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by LightAttack
What did you think of this? Travolta flies 12,000 pounds of supplies to Haiti in his 707? What a hero.... That is barely 2 positions on any real cargo plane. I'll bet he only loaded the belly positions and didn't put anything topside. Wouldn't want to scuff up the leather seats with relief supplies. What a waste.
02-04-2010, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by LightAttack
What did you think of this? Travolta flies 12,000 pounds of supplies to Haiti in his 707? What a hero.... That is barely 2 positions on any real cargo plane. I'll bet he only loaded the belly positions and didn't put anything topside. Wouldn't want to scuff up the leather seats with relief supplies. What a waste.
02-05-2010, 12:29 AM
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Sorry if my cynicism offends all you "trusting" souls. My point is that with a resource as large as a 707, two to three positions of MREs seems small and raises questions as to the purpose of the flight, when airspace and parking space at Port au Prince is tight.
Food is food, but was that really an efficient use of resources if bringing aid to quake victims was the intent?
No, I don't own a 707, but if I did, and was that wealthy, I'd be flying a lot more down there. And I wouldn't fill my plane with "ministers."
Food is food, but was that really an efficient use of resources if bringing aid to quake victims was the intent?
No, I don't own a 707, but if I did, and was that wealthy, I'd be flying a lot more down there. And I wouldn't fill my plane with "ministers."
02-05-2010, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by LightAttack
Sorry if my cynicism offends all you "trusting" souls. My point is that with a resource as large as a 707, two to three positions of MREs seems small and raises questions as to the purpose of the flight, when airspace and parking space at Port au Prince is tight.
Food is food, but was that really an efficient use of resources if bringing aid to quake victims was the intent?
No, I don't own a 707, but if I did, and was that wealthy, I'd be flying a lot more down there. And I wouldn't fill my plane with "ministers."
Food is food, but was that really an efficient use of resources if bringing aid to quake victims was the intent?
No, I don't own a 707, but if I did, and was that wealthy, I'd be flying a lot more down there. And I wouldn't fill my plane with "ministers."
So, he could only fit 2 pallets worth of freight in his bellies. What more do you want from the guy?
02-05-2010, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by HoursHore
Not Commenting on the Travolta flight, Although I do wonder how he got permission to fly in there when I hear they are spinning Military relief flights, but the Scientology Mentions merit the posting of this clip.
What Scientologist Actually Believe - Clips - South Park Studios
And Night Hawk I think you are are thinking about Christian Scientists,which is completely different.
What Scientologist Actually Believe - Clips - South Park Studios
And Night Hawk I think you are are thinking about Christian Scientists,which is completely different.
When I was down yonder in Hispaniola, you basically just needed to validate you were bringing supplies (vice people), on an IFR plan and you got a slot time (and had to stick to it +/-20min or something), etc... about three weeks ago it wasn't too hard for civilians to get in provided they were bringing something useful.. I don't know how/if it's changed.
A lot of people were flying fleets of charted aircraft down there.. so JT wasn't the only one dishin out some dough... but I'm sure the Haitian people are grateful (hopefully) either way....
One mil flight I heard was a Canadian C-130 that orbited around couldn't land... had to go back to Provo... they had a bunch of supplies and doctors on board... got called back to Montreal or something.
now... it's just about gettin those nice supplies distributed.....
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