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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Propeller: One-Way Night Coach - John Travolta's movie

For those of us of a certain age and somehow, someway, in the aviation realm, this will be a treat. 

I saw Travolta's plane several times parked at LAX and knew he flew routine airline "surprise" flights that surely delighted his passengers.

Like most of you, I watched his movies, and admired many of his roles. Pulp Fiction does it for me every time, among others.

As I said, for many of us of a certain age this will be a treat, and our stories will often be similar to his' in this or that regard.

I flew for the first time with my parents as a 3 year old on a Vickers Viscount. According to my mother, as we were deplaning, I said "Wow, it's great to fly on a Vickers". But take that with a pinch of salt...

As my father died when I was four, my childhood wasn't too dissimilar to his, and my mother very much resembled his' too. 

Now...where is that Heller Connie...

(The Viscount from Mach 2 I think I will give it a wide berth, and Glencoe's 1/96th is certainly not my scale cuppa, unfortunately)

If you haven't watch it, do it. It's lightly-paced, it's not an action movie (but it has spark) and will take you down memory (sky)lane for a nice flight...

 

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