John Travolta, 70, gives fans a glimpse as he takes a refresher course on flying a JET… after first getting his pilot license at only 22

John Travolta, an experienced pilot and avid flyer, gave his fans an intimate look at his refresher course on flying a giant jet in a riveting new video posted to his Instagram.

Thanks to decades of flying experience, the 70-year-old movie star has acquired eight jet licenses and reportedly owns at least seven aircraft.

He also owns a mansion in Florida’s Jumbolair Aviation Estates, a 550-acre gated community with the largest privately licensed airstrip in America. John’s house there, which he bought in 2001, has its own stretch of asphalt.

Now he’s given his more than five million Instagram followers a glimpse into the process of keeping his skills sharp.

He filmed himself in the cockpit of the flight simulator, where he was about to practice what he would do in the terrifying event of two engines failing at the same time.

He filmed himself in the cockpit of the flight simulator, where he was about to practice what he would do in the terrifying event of losing two engines at once.

“And now we’re going to shut down the engine and lose two of the three engines, just for practice,” he said calmly.

He explained that “every year I have to do what’s called periodic jet training” and said he was currently undergoing the Dassault Falcon 900EX program.

The training lasts four days and, in John’s specific program, is delivered in Dallas by CAE Inc., formerly Canadian Aviation Electronics.

John is no stranger to cockpit emergencies, having experienced a “total electrical failure” while flying with his family in 1992.

“I knew what it felt like to absolutely think you were going to die,” he admitted in an interview with Fox news from November. ‘I had two good jet engines, but I had no instruments, no electricity, nothing. And I thought it was over.”

He revealed that “we then, as if by some miracle, descended to a lower altitude according to the rules.”

With a bit of luck, he saw the Washington Monument and “identified that Washington National Airport was right next to it” so he could land there.

John started learning to fly when he was just 15, eventually obtaining his first jet license in 1978 – the same year that his iconic movie musical Grease hit theaters and cemented his status as a popular leading man.

His passion for flying is so famous that he has earned a place on the Smithsonian’s Wall Of Honor National Air and Space Museum.

“Every year I have to do what they call periodic jet training,” he said. Last year, he told Fox News that he had had “a total electrical failure” while flying with his family in 1992. “I knew what it was like to absolutely think you were going to die,” he said.

He owns a mansion in Florida’s Jumbolair Aviation Estates, a 550-acre gated community with the largest privately licensed airstrip in America

John’s house there, which he bought in 2001, has its own stretch of asphalt; his home is pictured in 2009

He has served as a global ambassador for Qantas and has been honored by the American Institute of Aeronautical Engineers; pictured in Brisbane, Australia, in 2005

In 2002, John led an extravaganza in Washington, DC, kicking off a year of festivities marking a century of manned flight; pictured that year in New York

His passion for aviation is so well known that he has earned a place on the Smithsonian’s National Air And Space Museum’s Wall Of Honor; pictured in London in 2002

He has been named a global ambassador for Qantas and honored by the American Institute of Aeronautical Engineers.

In 2002, John led an extravaganza in Washington, DC, opening a year of festivities marking a century of manned flight.

At the Dayton Airshow the following year, he flew his own Boeing 707, with John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, as passenger.

At the Dayton Airshow the following year, he flew his own Boeing 707 with passenger John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth.