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| Author: | mattlott [ 11 Dec 2003, 07:26 ] |
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Adventurer stranded in Antarctica The first person to fly a home-built single-engine plane over the South Pole has got stranded in Antarctica. Australian Jon Johanson was forced to land his RV-4 plane at a US base when it ran short of fuel. But both the Americans and a nearby New Zealand base refuse to give him the fuel, saying they do not want to encourage tourism in the Antarctic. Mr Johanson flew over the South Pole after travelling 5,880 km in just over 24 hours from New Zealand. The US actually don't run a gas station in Antarctica... and nor does New Zealand Lou Sanson, Antarctica New Zealand CEO The adventurer had planned to continue to Argentina, but strong headwinds ate into his fuel reserves. This forced Mr Johanson to land on Tuesday at the US McMurdo base, just a few kilometres from New Zealand's Scott base, to ask for more fuel. But both bases refused to provide him with the required 400 litres (104 gallons) to return to New Zealand. "The US actually don't run a gas station in Antarctica... and nor does New Zealand," Antarctica New Zealand Chief Executive Lou Sanson told the Associated Press news agency. He is stuck there Mr Johanson's partner, Sue Ball "He appears to have gone in there without a search and rescue plan and without a contingency plan if things go wrong, and he's expecting the New Zealand and United States Governments to pick up and be his contingency," Mr Sanson added. He said the Americans provided Mr Johanson with food and shelter and that New Zealanders had offered to fly him home "on the first available flight". "And we can make arrangements to ship his plane out at his cost," Mr Sanson said. But Mr Johanson partner, Sue Ball, said he was reluctant to leave his plane, in which he had previously flown around the world three times, including over the North Pole. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/a ... 306443.stm Published: 2003/12/10 11:42:20 GMT |
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| Author: | bigross86 [ 11 Dec 2003, 07:44 ] |
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Hee hee... "Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI |
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| Author: | MrMudd [ 11 Dec 2003, 08:01 ] |
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HAHAA thats allot of potatoes to peel for 400 Liters of Gas. I would of put him on SnowShovel, Wet Mop and KP patrol for 6 months! "The power to Destroy the planet, is insignifigant to the power of the Air Force----Mudd Vader |
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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 11 Dec 2003, 11:40 ] |
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The guy's just lucky Darwin was looking the other way when he started off on this stunt! Hajji, you can run, but why die tired? Edited by - 30mike-mike on Dec 11 2003 10:40 AM |
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| Author: | Hawg166 [ 12 Dec 2003, 09:41 ] |
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If that base has a wing of aircraft I would make him be the LOX bitch for a year with only ham and egg MRE's for food. Then I would laugh at him in derrision. <img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle> By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson |
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| Author: | Stinger [ 12 Dec 2003, 09:43 ] |
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ham and egg? no no the Veggie MRE is far worse... Overkill??? I'd kill a fly with a howitzer if I had one. |
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