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！ 7 O, Y9 P R) l% n( Q+ v8 C
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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。 0 ~5 A2 i7 p+ B, _# s
7 I! u/ N' q* J0 t1 Q R0 g2 X 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。”- T/ J: b; H: b; v$ l# q$ a4 o) F
; F4 N4 Q* o$ N: X1 y) R/ |9 ?Pensioner's birthday balloon reaches China - in a plane 7 B, l( z7 j) x% n3 l. `7 b% J7 Z. G% J+ ^: I" l5 n" t1 s! a2 y- u
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. 6 f% O' M6 G9 z# {- I+ x
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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. 0 G3 v6 q. C9 W' p7 I# ]3 o' X/ f$ [1 H
Months later he was stunned to receive a postcard from 6,000 miles away saying his balloon had landed Hong Kong. 3 j$ P* ~& a( ?) M% x* t( G$ r a4 M% Y
It had really only made it 30 miles to a nearby airport where it was picked up by receptionist Angie Holmes. 2 W# x. A" o# w% a
$ N- k: N- N4 ]$ j- M$ r & X6 g" n x3 O+ z6 x" s; V% q5 H; h ; F; L, W2 H, D ]; G( T/ S5 \ : J5 b: z' F7 G8 T' t 4 {7 a* _# i; o6 R3 VBlown away ... Ken clutches balloon, which was found by Angie, centre inset, who sent it on to Hong Kong, right
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