[国际新闻] 英国八旬老翁生日气球如愿“飞”到中国

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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7 X/ R2 g1 F; B  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。 $ i* ~8 L$ \5 l+ n
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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。”
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Pensioner's birthday balloon reaches China - in a plane/ {# i2 l$ w8 m3 J8 Q% q
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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. + u2 ~0 @# V1 s. r) l/ K
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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.
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- R4 h3 E% i% O6 h- R% R1 \Mr Noyes had attached his name and address to the balloon and released it from his back garden to mark his 80th birthday. 人在德国 社区. b2 R; I1 l5 p) a& W  p
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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. 人在德国 社区. D& m/ K1 q  q+ p& J4 J

, @  Z$ j  h3 G( rIt had really only made it 30 miles to a nearby airport where it was picked up by receptionist Angie Holmes.
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9 R9 k1 l+ c$ P( ^# i1 ZBlown away ... Ken clutches balloon, which was found by Angie, centre inset, who sent it on to Hong Kong, right

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