John Travolta Details Near-Death Experience Piloting Plane

John Travolta is recalling a near-death experience after wrapping up his latest project, The Shepherd. The Pulp Fiction alum told the BBC about the near-fatal experience he had while piloting a plane with his family on board. The Disney+ short is based on the 1975 novella by Frederick Forsyth, which tells the story of a young Royal Air Force pilot (Ben Radcliffe) attempting to land safely after suffering an electrical failure mid-air and requires assistance from another pilot (Travolta). While at the screening in London over the weekend, the actor, 69, tells the publication that he experienced a "total electrical failure, not in a Vampire but a corporate jet, over Washington D.C., prior to my discovering the book."

The Oscar-winner said that the book resonsated with him due to his personal experience. In 1995, the licensed actor revealed in a New Yorker interview that he was forced to make an emergency landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport with his family in 1992. “I had two jet engines, but I had no instruments, no electric, nothing,” he said at the London screening, noting it taught him “what it felt like to absolutely think you’re going to die.”

Thinking it was all over, Travolta said his co-star beautifully captured the despair of when you think you’re actually going to die. "I had my family on board, and I said, ‘This is it. I can’t believe I’m going to die in this plane.'” Thankfully, Travolta knew to land at the airport once he spotted the Washington D.C. monument in the air. He told the BBC, “I made a landing just like [Freddie] does in the film. So I’m reading this book saying, ‘I’ve lived this.'” Travolta first had the idea of starring in The Shepherd more than three decades ago. The Shepherd debuts on Disney+ on Friday, December 1. The 38-minute-long short film also stars Millie Kent, Simon Wilson, and Steven Mackintosh.

Bald is beautiful, baby. Those who are follically challenged need not hide their shining heads; just embrace it! There are so many ways to hide a bald spot or a receding hairline, but the sexiest way is to shave it all off and let that head shine! As we previously reported, Prince William was named “World’s Sexiest Bald Man" last year.

According to the UK’s The Sun, researchers at the cosmetic surgical group Longevita found that the 38-year-old Duke of Cambridge’s name and the keyword “sexy” came up in Google searches and articles 17.6 million times, beating out Mike Tyson who came in second place with 8.8 million searches. Jason Statham came third with 7.4 million, 5.4 million for Pitbull, and a close 5.3 million for Michael Jordan, who completed the list’s top five bald men. Other honorable mentions included Floyd Mayweather, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Dwyane Johnson, and Vin Diesel — in that order.

This year, a study by SEO agency Reboot rated bald celebrities by their "cranial shine factor" (how shiny their heads are). The findings ranked Vin Diesel as the sexiest bald man with an overall score of 6.46 out of 10. In terms of height, the Fast & Furious star is taller than the male average at 5 ft 9 in, while he had a beaming cranial shine fact of 563.65 candelas per square meter. This equates to his head reflecting light with 70.46 percent of the luminous intensity of a standard light bulb.

Shininess aside, we have ranked our top 15 sexiest bald men below. See whose shiny heads made the cut.

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked

15 Sexiest Bald Men Ranked