John Travolta’s Old Boeing 707—En Route to Australia

Hollywood star and pilot donated the aircraft to a museum in 2017, but its delivery has faced delays.

Jack Daleo

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 03:00 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

John Travolta served as a brand ambassador for Qantas when flying his Boeing 707, which he donated to an Australian museum in 2017. [Credit: Qantas Airways]

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John Travolta's former Boeing 707-138B, donated in 2017, is being disassembled and shipped from Georgia to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) Aviation Museum in Australia for public display.
The original plan for Travolta to fly the aircraft to Australia was abandoned due to stringent FAA airworthiness directives, high maintenance costs, and COVID-19 related delays.
HARS, renowned for its aircraft restoration capabilities, aims to reassemble the vintage jet and hopes to eventually restore it to at least taxi standard, with the ambition of returning it to flying condition.

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After nearly a decade of anticipation, John Travolta’s former Boeing 707 is on the move to its final destination—a public display at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) Aviation Museum at Australia’s Shellharbour Airport (YSHL).

The actor, pilot, and Living Legends of Aviation inductee—also a former ambassador for Qantas Airways and Bombardier’s Learjet, Challenger, and Global business aircraft—is not flying the luxury jet, which was the original plan when he donated it to HARS in 2017. Instead, a crew of three aircraft restoration specialists disassembled the aircraft at Brunswick Golden Isles Airport (KBQK) in Georgia and loaded it on a ship this week.