Travolta’s 707 gets its wings as HARS fires up for Tarmac Days

Key points

• A team from the US has arrived at the HARS Aviation Museum in Albion Park to help reattach the wings and wheels to John Travolta’s former Boeing 707. The work will be on display during this weekend’s October Tarmac Days, featuring flying displays and historic aircraft.
• HARS president Bob De La Hunty said reassembling the 707 at Shellharbour Airport is a monumental engineering challenge for the volunteer team.
• The museum will also showcase other aircraft, including a DC-4, Convair 440, and a newly landed Qantas F100.