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

For those of us "of a certain age" and somehow, someway, connected to 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. 

Tavolta's is more of a personal "racconto" than a movie in the full sense of the word, is gentle story telling. 

Perhaps no other person than an old aviation enthusiast may get it. 

 

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) BUT there is an Airways 1/72nd scale vac that I would gladly build. If you have one and want to sell/trade, please drop a line! 

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...