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Florida Says John Travolta's Bird Is Too Big

July 23, 2007 at 8:58 AM | 1 Comment

With summer air travel getting even more out of control, it's nice to fantasize about having a jet of one's own. Gourmet meals, a row to yourself, the knowledge that your plane will leave on time... oh, the comforts money can buy. Of course, once you get your plane, you need a place to land it -- which, as John Travolta is discovering, can be an insurmountable hurdle.

An avid pilot for years, Travolta likes to park his Boeing 707 in Ocala, Florida, where he has his own taxi way and runway near his $8 million home (and the Clearwater world headquarters of Scientology, incidentally). Too bad for the actor that Greystone Airport, which oversees his runway, has told Travolta his bird no longer welcome at the airport. The plane was deemed too big, and is causing major damage to the runway. Guess Travolta will spend his summer vacation in the security line with the unwashed masses landing his Hummer like plane at one of his other homes.

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