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707 Update
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Recently, HARS had a B707-138B Project Team led by HARS President Bob De La Hunty, in Brunswick (Golden Isles) Airport (BQK), Georgia to advance work and meet with those involved, including John Travolta (JT), who kindly spent most of a day with the team going over what we had achieved to date and what happens next.
HARS acquired this aircraft from John Travolta back in May 2017, and it has been undergoing limited maintenance at BQK – complicated by COVID – and required a comprehensive inspection before any further decisions were taken.
The Team resolved after reviewing all matters including the outstanding major US Federal Aviation Administration Airworthiness Directives (ADs) that it would take HARS many more years going down the path to fly the aircraft to Australia and a decision was taken not to fly the aircraft – John Travolta understood why HARS had made this decision and fully supported it.
We had sought repair schemes from Boeing who quoted to do the drawings for repairs after reviewing the material we sent them. However, to do the work now in the US is out of the question and no longer an option. A lot of work had been done on site late last year to explore the possible shipping option with a very professional aircraft relocation company. The outcome was to accept that the aircraft can be successfully dismantled
and relocated to Australia that way. The aircraft would then be reassembled at Shellharbour Airport to at least be able to taxi and after attending to the AD’s ……… who knows ??
The plan is to have the aircraft on display at the Airshows Downunder Shellharbour (ASDU) event next March 2026. HARS is working with John Travolta on a film release and maybe a documentary about the whole project as well. Before this can happen, HARS is waiting on the relocation company to confirm a date when they can start work, with HARS personnel assisting where possible.
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