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！ 6 T4 Z' j! r, x6 Z9 E' |1 W % E, ]# j! u# s8 x' [5 C 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。 ) [' d. I+ b4 [# q- f # a, E* ?; l, `' c 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。” 7 B# Y4 n I' A 3 ]6 _: z5 ?$ Y5 A) `: cPensioner's birthday balloon reaches China - in a plane 8 r" S5 U( _5 N0 E6 i& T* S$ B9 \3 X q1 p6 n3 ]
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. - a, y) j/ J( ] 8 d2 m/ c/ Q" S* v) M( ^" cBut 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. % p7 z ^/ b/ k9 w
) m, L0 `' @, O' v" AMr Noyes had attached his name and address to the balloon and released it from his back garden to mark his 80th birthday. 5 }6 w, V! V, u" [# F 3 r! }5 l# f- N) \& ~& O) RMonths later he was stunned to receive a postcard from 6,000 miles away saying his balloon had landed Hong Kong. 7 i N# I- I$ V* x' q& f + b! n* n% ~; xIt had really only made it 30 miles to a nearby airport where it was picked up by receptionist Angie Holmes. / u! t! O5 w: X! J5 I+ @1 o - o8 v8 N9 H9 j; ]4 p9 _5 ?8 a7 y- N% _, K8 Q
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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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