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！ & I% p; q/ X) {: G" \9 y" R& G0 Z! C5 m# b1 U& P! S2 r
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。 5 J" x( y" ~5 E
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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。” @0 D: z( }% F+ N. q, a8 Y( }$ x$ b# M. G* c) l
Pensioner's birthday balloon reaches China - in a plane8 [ M9 U$ G3 D, O, G, d: x
* V# k ]3 T) U0 K# F! A0 vA 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. ( [" B3 H# ^' x! \( y& i7 X& P: ~* D+ z) W6 J
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. p0 X$ E# R' S( R1 b . C2 u7 u& T; k: n5 h JMr Noyes had attached his name and address to the balloon and released it from his back garden to mark his 80th birthday. ! m" [ }1 C0 w; T
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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. 4 m# E& b& F& A! h9 j( t7 w
( D1 |3 V% I; a2 A k8 |+ xIt had really only made it 30 miles to a nearby airport where it was picked up by receptionist Angie Holmes. ' L0 i& r9 q" v$ Y' |5 |! ?
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. U* K, R7 ?7 M! C& s 6 ]1 X' [2 _% d. D" ?/ T ; [& w6 W% Q9 } - w' h* D& _4 [7 h" OBlown away ... Ken clutches balloon, which was found by Angie, centre inset, who sent it on to Hong Kong, right
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