Capt John Travolta

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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Sponsor

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Winner of the American Institute of Aeronautical Engineers (AIAA) award for excellence in aviation and world-wide promotion of the airline industry.

Holder of eight jet licenses including the Boeing 747, Boeing 707, Gulfstream II, the Hawker 125, the Lear 24, 25 and 36, the British Vampire Jet and the Canadair CL-41 Tebuan jet.

Is the worldwide ambassador for Qantas Airlines. Achieved 2 worldwide tours for promoting the airline industry as a Qantas pilot flying every leg of the trip.

Also flew with John Glenn with a Boeing 707 over a crowd of 100,000 people at the Dayton Airshow in celebration of the centennial of flying. Hosted with John Glenn the annual centennial event at the Smithsonian Institute and is scheduled to be the host of the recreation of the Kitty Hawk flight in December (17 December 2003) and again doing a fly-by with John Glenn over the Kitty Hawk site.

And finally is scheduled to be part of the crew of the first non-stop flight from New York to Sydney, Australia in history for Qantas Airlines.