现年80岁的肯·诺耶斯是英国威尔特郡玛尔米斯布里市人，2006年7月，诺耶斯80岁生日时，在后花园中捡到了一只金色的氦气球，在将这只气球重新放飞前，他在气球上系上一张纸片，并在上面写下自己的愿望：“我希望它能飞到中国。”诺耶斯接着在上面留下了自己的家庭住址和姓名。此后诺耶斯就忘掉了这只气球。然而令诺耶斯做梦也没想到的是，上个月，他竟然收到了一张寄自中国香港的明信片，一名叫做马丁·伯尼格的飞行员称，诺耶斯2006年放飞的氦气球已经如愿抵达了6000英里外的中国！ 5 ] i, A1 a/ W. P8 [: k' ^. w h. m7 ?) z4 J
就在诺耶斯感到万分困惑不解时，英国格洛斯特郡机场的女招待员安吉·霍尔摩斯邀请他来到机场，并向他揭开了谜底。 8 R$ h2 C1 j& I' o- ^4 S E" T, s" P + L6 V" k. s; d$ T 原来，诺耶斯的氦气球压根就没有飞到中国，2006年7月它被诺耶斯放飞后就降落在了30英里外的格洛斯特郡机场中，并被人捡到送到了机场办公室。机场女招待员安吉被诺耶斯在气球上的留言打动，于是她决定帮助诺耶斯实现愿望，她在气球上系上了另一张纸片，恳求飞行员将它带往中国。安吉随后将气球交给了朋友卡尔芬·罗德里克机长。由于罗德里克只飞英国到瑞士苏黎世的航班，所以他又将这只气球交给了欧洲其他国际航班的飞行员，这只气球在好几个航班飞行员的手中不断传递，最后终于在上个月被最后一程的飞行员马丁·伯尼格带到了中国香港。伯尼格在寄给诺耶斯的明信片上写道：“亲爱的诺耶斯先生，你2006年7月放飞的气球已经抵达了中国，中间经过了中东、欧洲等地，但它最后终于抵达了亚洲。”诺耶斯得知真相后相当感动，他说：“如果没有这些人帮忙，它也许永远都不会抵达目的地。这真是一个令人惊异的故事。”: R& c4 {4 v6 c
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2 o* y# q& U o& e" Q/ qA pensioner who released a helium balloon on his 80th birthday with a note saying "I hope this gets to China" was elated to receive a postcard saying it had landed in Hong Kong. 7 p. m k2 U6 t5 N
2 k5 W- r3 ~# S$ q5 W0 [But Ken Noyes was brought back down to earth when he was told it had been flown there by a pilot as a prank after landing at a local airport. 9 x8 L9 Z; {: i2 I7 X ! v, Y: t4 B* W9 o9 V6 ]' vMr Noyes had attached his name and address to the balloon and released it from his back garden to mark his 80th birthday. " I: e% b/ ]# c( {0 `+ g 7 O1 ]: F! B1 ^- Q: }: f. a6 E |Months later he was stunned to receive a postcard from 6,000 miles away saying his balloon had landed Hong Kong. % t/ {/ g* F3 x- ?7 H+ t8 T ) T5 [( l. F# g/ DIt had really only made it 30 miles to a nearby airport where it was picked up by receptionist Angie Holmes. ) u% l0 ^2 T& |- |3 e3 T, ]7 c8 m
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Blown away ... Ken clutches balloon, which was found by Angie, centre inset, who sent it on to Hong Kong, right
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