John
Travolta at the Breitling Launch (Yahoo! Photos / Elizabeth
Soh)
A skilled navigator - both on air and on land - is what John
Travolta proved to be at a press conference yesterday.
The avid pilot and Breitling watch ambassador took questions
about planes and flying with as much ease as he dodged the real
elephant in the room - how is Travolta and his superstar wife Kelly
Preston dealing with recent allegations about his homosexual love
affairs?
"My family's fine, and we're travelling for business and
pleasure," he replied, smooth as those slick moves he wowed the
world with in Grease.
Here in town to launch Breitling's latest limited edition model,
the Navitimer Blue Sky, Travolta, 58, was all charm and smiles from
the start to the finish, even standing to answer questions and make
eye contact with journalists at the back of the room.
He was presented with a Navitimer Blue Sky of his own - one of
only 500 pieces in the world and worth $13,300.
The owner of one of the last Boeing 707's and five other
aircraft as well as the proud recipient of 11 flying licences,
Travolta revealed to members of the media that his home in Florida
sits on its own little airport.
"I could ... get out of bed and just fly here" he said in a
soft, easy drawl with an affable grin.
Dressed in a dark grey suit paired with a black t-shirt,
Travolta cut an imposing figure - tall, broad, and, well, large,
but also very compact and toned.
His newly-buff physique may have something to do with the slew
of action movies he's been working on - Savages with Oliver Stone,
Killing Season with Robert De Niro, and next on the pipeline, a
remake of The Killer with Asian director John Woo.
John
Travolta at the Breitling launch (Yahoo! Photos / Elizabeth
Soh)
It also appeared that Travolta has put his hip-wiggling Saturday
Night Fever days behind him - when asked to choose between the
disco and flying, he chose the skies over the dance floor without
much hesitation.
"I'd be a pilot because I've already done the disco dancing," he
said.
As if his passion for planes was not already obvious, Travolta
revealed that he had flown to Singapore on Sunday night together
with his wife and two children, Ella and Benjamin, in his Boeing
707.
That same Boeing 707 was christened Jett Clipper Ella, after his
daughter and late son Jett, who died in 2009 after suffering from a
seizure while on holiday in The Bahamas.
Travolta intends to spend the next few days enjoying Singapore
with his family as a holiday of sorts.
"I love your city, and I've brought my family this time. So
tomorrow we are going to do some sightseeing."
