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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!
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9 Q( A) }- u: H; f9 J1 Y! m% Y人在德国 社区 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。 7 |* @; ~+ u W! U: Z
6 n6 G+ _, ]& ^4 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。”
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Pensioner's birthday balloon reaches China - in a plane6 }) Y, R8 x! q4 d$ m( G, J1 u$ I3 {
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A 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. 4 }' }7 g7 @5 s: ]) j' h' b
" ~, M7 K1 G4 [0 J7 E v6 M# kBut 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. 人在德国 社区$ i1 F3 E3 U. y: t L
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Mr Noyes had attached his name and address to the balloon and released it from his back garden to mark his 80th birthday. . i: B' i% C& q0 v
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Months later he was stunned to receive a postcard from 6,000 miles away saying his balloon had landed Hong Kong. 8 o2 }# B; N0 z5 a
% o3 a3 r# v( D* B. O' Y% ]It had really only made it 30 miles to a nearby airport where it was picked up by receptionist Angie Holmes. 8 E$ n# @9 u6 u' e) r* `
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1 M3 j1 O0 L+ y8 w8 \4 a, BBlown away ... Ken clutches balloon, which was found by Angie, centre inset, who sent it on to Hong Kong, right |
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