Sat, Dec 13, 2003
Aero-News: Quote of the Day
ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives
from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out
of history that have a bearing on the day's events and
issues.
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content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be
thought-provoking.
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Aero-News Quote of the Day
"Oh, I guess it's because I proved
I'm as human as everybody else, unfortunately. We were trying to
make the best decisions we could as a team and we basically left
the final decision just a little bit too late and, for safety's
sake, the best decision was to come back here to McMurdo. We had
thought we could continue on and maybe land on one of the basins
over on the Arctic peninsular, but when you are 10 hours away, the
weather over there can be very, very fickle and you wouldn't want
to wind up in that part of the world with low fuel, so the only
real safe option was to come back here."
Source: Australian aviation adventurer Jon
Johanson, speaking to Australia's ABC Network from Antarctica.
After becoming the first person ever to cross the South Pole in a
homebuilt, fixed-wing aircraft, Johanson was forced to land at
McMurdo-Scott Base, a joint facility operated by the US and New
Zealand. There, he was refused the fuel he needed to get home,
sparking a feud between the two countries and Australia. Johanson
was supposed to leave Saturday morning for New Zealand, after
fellow adventurer-pilot Polly Vacher donated the fuel she'd socked
away at the polar station for her own aborted attempt to
circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole.
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