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Old 02-03-2010, 03:22 PM
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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.
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Old 02-03-2010, 03:27 PM
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At least he did something!!!
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he also had another plane with him full of doctors...most of the supplies were donated by florida hospitals...he also sat on the ramp and guarded all the supplies to make sure each doctor got exactly what he needed and when he needed it...his little operation saved many lives...u say what a waste?..
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he also had another plane with him full of doctors...most of the supplies were donated by florida hospitals...he also sat on the ramp and guarded all the supplies to make sure each doctor got exactly what he needed and when he needed it...his little operation saved many lives...u say what a waste?..
At least he is putting his money where his mouth is unlike the other Hollywood knuckleheads. Not a Travolta fan, think he is a freak, but good on him for doing this.
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No good deed will go unpunished...
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Oh yes it will.
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Travolta had the resources and was able to get the people to go help. Good for him. Here in ATL a number of guys who owned PC-12s also took people and meds down. Are they also a waste?
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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.
Makes the $1000 my wife and I gave look pretty small.

Let me get this straight: He's a jerk because he didn't load up his multi-million dollar collectors item as full of boxes (possibly damaging the interior in the process) as he possibly could? 12,000 pounds isn't exactly tiny. It's a fully restored 707, not an Antonov.

What have you done for the people of Haiti, St. Peter?
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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.
And you have contributed what? Not to pile on, because others have said it so well...

OK...I lied...I am piling on...
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My girlfriend works with a girl who got to go to go on that flight. And I saw pictures of inside that 707. It has master leather seats and mutliple lazy boy configurations. Not really a airplane fit to store mutiple boxes and loads of cargo.

And yes he had a load of doctors and others that are devoting there time to help those in need.

And I saw video of him unloading the cargo himself and passing it along to others doing what any good human being would do in a time like this. Not some rich Hollywood actor. But someone who actaully looks like they care enough to lend a hand.

So in my hummble opinion this was NOT a waste in any way shape or form.

And for someone to spend the time to actually write on APC " what a waste "

Well my friend you will soon enough have yours coming,

good luck in your short viewed little life.
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