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！ . q8 P6 k$ M, J c + Z& F( S: Z3 X. ~ g: W8 S) ~8 F3 u 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。 ( b/ t( ]* K) ^0 V
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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。” 3 `+ |/ e& v! M" O 0 [- e: R" a; T1 e1 m: U& A+ GPensioner's birthday balloon reaches China - in a plane# X6 f7 d! p$ E/ t! u' E
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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. / e7 e5 g: R# G/ O- H 7 J$ G4 H# m+ t. G% |: M3 IMr Noyes had attached his name and address to the balloon and released it from his back garden to mark his 80th birthday. # h6 A: ~! h% u8 J4 D5 h # |8 `4 G+ ]# C9 J1 k) bMonths later he was stunned to receive a postcard from 6,000 miles away saying his balloon had landed Hong Kong. : v! T/ ?+ a# n
W9 V; D( G8 kIt had really only made it 30 miles to a nearby airport where it was picked up by receptionist Angie Holmes. & E- W! g5 Z- d, U) u9 s # n$ E' N8 O7 o0 s! c% [# e 8 Z1 l9 Z! j7 A- L4 y R ' ?$ Q# h/ A& _$ V* ] / a. r& [# v6 y, `. X7 a2 X' Z0 Q. Q 0 \! i4 W2 `/ u* m& hBlown away ... Ken clutches balloon, which was found by Angie, centre inset, who sent it on to Hong Kong, right
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