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With an array of adjoining bedrooms and bathrooms, the master is a homey and serene escape with elegant crème-colored drapery fabric by Pindler and Pindler, brown wood cabinetry, and rose gold-colored carpeting. The master bathroom is elegant and modern with translucent shower tiles, a floating double sink, marble flooring, and a framed "Pulp Fiction" poster on the wall. There's also a large guest house and a bed and breakfast quarters where pilots and guests can recuperate. Wherever Travolta flies, he's sure to have his cabin mates aboard, daughter Ella (22) and Benjamin (12), and a homey place to land. “You can be the ultimate eccentric, like I am, and bring in a 707,” he says.
Flying Overhead
That's actually nothing, especially when one discovers that the price of the Boeing 707 that Travolta also has is worth at least $10 million. Here is John Travolta and his darling wife, Kelly Preston. They look pretty happy...and let's be honest here, they have some pretty good reasons to be happy. Sure, there are celebrities who can't handle the life and find themselves in some level of despair or another but we are pretty sure that Travolta and Preston have found something that works. After all, if they want to go to Greenwich Village for a hip dinner, they just have to hop in one of their planes and leave a couple hours early.
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Travolta’s main edifice design is by Morris Lapidus, the architect that did Miami’s Fontainebleau Hilton Resort. The third design is by the designer of the Dulles and TWA terminals, Eero Saarinen. The pool is a tropical paradise designed by John Adams, who’s part of the Land Design Group. He introduced different kinds of tropical plants by the pool. John Travolta and his late wife, Kelly Preston, had the Southern California-based Michael James Design team design it.
Panoramic views from inside Travolta's airport mansion
John Travolta's House Is An Airport With Runways For Private Planes - Business Insider
John Travolta's House Is An Airport With Runways For Private Planes.
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The Rolls-Royce Phantom, no matter what edition or what year is and always will be a true car of luxury. Essentially, someone is driving around an apartment that costs more than 50 apartments, each ten times the size of the machine. However, it's not like John Travolta doesn't have the money to keep one of these gassed up and on the road...not like he needs to though because he can fly out right from his doorstep with his runway driveway. It would be sacrilege if he just keeps this on display without driving it though. John Travolta is a certified private pilot who owns five aircraft, so it's only fitting that the 60-year-old actor's Florida home has two runways that lead directly to his front door.
Inside John Travolta's Florida Estate
We're guessing that the car was parked so far from the door because this photo was staged to some extent but we're willing to forgive that considering he probably didn't even drive the car into that spot. He probably paid someone to do it for him so he didn't have to do deal with the photographers from Architectural Digest. The reality of this choice could be a difference in transmission. There was a special 5-speed offer with the ZF transmission, as well as the standard 4-speed so that could be the difference between the two of them, which means that one of them is worth far more than the other. This is not a car to go racing in, especially with only 168 horses powering the thing, but considering that it ran from 67 to 71, it's not a bad bit of power for a little luxury car.
Time to Jet
Travolta is a pilot but because he is also ridiculously wealthy, he has his own airport! He has two sizeable planes parked at his house...because why wouldn't he? Strangely enough, he is a fan of rather specific cars and doubles and sometimes even triples up on the number of cars he owns. He has two Merc 280SLs...then he has a bit of a variety thrown in and around those. Travolta's property, located in the Jumbolair Aviation Estates in Ocala, Florida, is situated on Greystone Airport. The actor was reportedly the first resident of the 550-acre community that caters to people who want fly-in, fly-out access.
This is also the last year of the first generation T-Birds. From was the duration of the first generation T-Birds and Travolta owns one from each model year. Well, this car put the spare back in the trunk, bumped up the fins, and gave an engine option for the 312 with four-barrel superchargers that ran with the power of 300 or 340 horses respectively. That was not a bad improvement to the other two and this model did sell the most of all three first-gen T-Birds. Well, it is always good to know that in addition to the incredible amount of luxury that Travolta surrounds himself with, he also digs into the more blue-collar-styled vehicles out there.
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“Jumbolair is the perfect property for anyone with a love of flying, who wants to further develop this exciting, vibrant community. It also makes a perfect point of departure for all kinds of private and business travel,” explained McDonald. Originally, the property was developed for 38 “aviation” homes. Around 21 lots have already sold with a further 17 two- to three-acre lots included in the Jumbolair sale. When Jones and his wife Terri divorced in 1989, she developed the Jumbolair property as a fly-in community for airplane owners, attracting the attention of the Travoltas. The main bedroom is designed to create a homey serene escape with rich brown wood cabinetry, elegant crème-colored drapery by Pindler and Pindler, and rose gold-colored carpeting.
Above the black marble-like fireplace mantel is a framed 1967 artwork by Alexander Calder. Get whisked away to Hollywood legend John Travolta's authentic airport estate near Ocala, Florida. Located in residential airpark, Jumbolair Aviation Estate, the home stretches nearly 7,000 square feet. It sits on about 9.5 acres, including a 7,500-foot runway that has been extended to Travolta's backdoor, along with two airplane parking pavilions. The "Grease" star and his late wife, Kelly Preston, purchased the property for $3.5 million in 2001.
The Grease star went for a front exterior that exudes a retro but corporate appearance. This dominantly white home structure comprises extra-thick concrete walls with Grecian columns and floor-to-ceiling glass windows. The first design includes dark woods and clean lines by Frank Lloyd Wright.
The famous couple was one of the first residents to buy within the fly-in community, which contains about 550 acres of lush Florida country in the small town of Anthony just north of Ocala. Travolta became forever captivated with airplanes at a young age, and he achieved his pilot license by age 22. He accomplished his longtime dream of housing planes in his yard, and the concept of aviation is present throughout the mansion. With class and sophistication, Travolta's interior is like stepping into the Pan Am era of the 1960s. The entrance hall floor was designed by the "Gotti" star himself, according to Architectural Digest, with a magnificent nautical compass image centered. The hall also features various model airplanes displayed on a long wood cabinet.
Additionally, the architect Dana Smith designed the front drive of the house. John Travolta and Kelly Preston were the first people to purchase land on this residential airpark in the Jumbolair Aviation estates. He is an award-winning American actor who’s also now a fully licensed 737 pilot. His acclaimed and passionate love for aviation has had him work as an ambassador for an Australian aircraft company, Qantas Airways, since 2002. Travolta has been a Qantas "ambassador-at-large" since 2002 and keeps his personal Qantas Boeing 707 in the yard of his Florida home, just a 10-minute flight from Orlando. Travolta has been a Qantas "Ambassador-at-Large" since 2002 and keeps his personal Qantas Boeing 707 in the yard of his Florida home, which is just a 10 minute flight from Orlando.