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[Mitchell Holman[_2_]]

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Mount McKinley in the background?

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Mount McKinley in the background?

[Mitchell Holman[_2_]]

wrote in news:3PAxh.1947$5U4.1331@trnddc07:

> Mount McKinley in the background?
>


Not likely. The VH number makes the plane registered
in Australia. Could be Mt Erebus in Antarctica.

[Mitchell Holman[_2_]]

wrote in news:3PAxh.1947$5U4.1331@trnddc07:

> Mount McKinley in the background?
>


Not likely. The VH number makes the plane registered
in Australia. Could be Mt Erebus in Antarctica.

[John Szalay]

Mitchell Holman > wrote in
:

> wrote in news:3PAxh.1947$5U4.1331@trnddc07:
>
>> Mount McKinley in the background?
>>
>
>
> Not likely. The VH number makes the plane registered
> in Australia. Could be Mt Erebus in Antarctica.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Mt Discovery,
the photo appears to be taken from the airfield
at Mcmurdo Station. found this interesting tibit. too.

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December 11, 2003

Homebuilt Pilot Stranded In Antarctica
By Russ Niles, Newswriter, Editor

It looks like a famous Australian aerial adventurer who flew his RV-4 to
Antarctica will be taking a Hercules home -- and leaving his aircraft
behind (after disassembly) until (perhaps) February. Jon Johanson, who
in 2000 flew his Vans homebuilt aircraft from Australia to EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh and back again, was on a new record-setting flight
from New Zealand to Argentina, via the South Pole, when higher-than-
forecast winds forced him down. The unplanned fuel stop was at the
McMurdo Station scientific outpost on Monday. But officials for the
National Science Foundation (NSF), which runs McMurdo and New Zealand's
nearby Scott Base, have (so far) refused to fly in the 400 liters of
fuel he needs to complete his journey. NSF officials say they are
following a long-established policy.

[John Szalay]

Mitchell Holman > wrote in
:

> wrote in news:3PAxh.1947$5U4.1331@trnddc07:
>
>> Mount McKinley in the background?
>>
>
>
> Not likely. The VH number makes the plane registered
> in Australia. Could be Mt Erebus in Antarctica.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Mt Discovery,
the photo appears to be taken from the airfield
at Mcmurdo Station. found this interesting tibit. too.

================================================== ======================
========
December 11, 2003

Homebuilt Pilot Stranded In Antarctica
By Russ Niles, Newswriter, Editor

It looks like a famous Australian aerial adventurer who flew his RV-4 to
Antarctica will be taking a Hercules home -- and leaving his aircraft
behind (after disassembly) until (perhaps) February. Jon Johanson, who
in 2000 flew his Vans homebuilt aircraft from Australia to EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh and back again, was on a new record-setting flight
from New Zealand to Argentina, via the South Pole, when higher-than-
forecast winds forced him down. The unplanned fuel stop was at the
McMurdo Station scientific outpost on Monday. But officials for the
National Science Foundation (NSF), which runs McMurdo and New Zealand's
nearby Scott Base, have (so far) refused to fly in the 400 liters of
fuel he needs to complete his journey. NSF officials say they are
following a long-established policy.

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
Mitchell Holman > wrote:

> wrote in news:3PAxh.1947$5U4.1331@trnddc07:
>
> > Mount McKinley in the background?
> >
>
>
> Not likely. The VH number makes the plane registered
> in Australia. Could be Mt Erebus in Antarctica.

No -- it is Australian Ron Johansen (sp?), who landed at McMurdo base,
Antarctica on his trans-Antarctic trip. The National Science Foundation,
who runs the base, got their panties all in a wad over his landing there
and wouldn't let him have fuel. It was only the by the good graces of
Polly Vaicher (sp?), who had stockpiled fuel there and then cancelled
her trip, that Ron got to fly out.

US bureaucracy can be just as obtuse as anybody else's when they set
their heart(?) to it.

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
Mitchell Holman > wrote:

> wrote in news:3PAxh.1947$5U4.1331@trnddc07:
>
> > Mount McKinley in the background?
> >
>
>
> Not likely. The VH number makes the plane registered
> in Australia. Could be Mt Erebus in Antarctica.

No -- it is Australian Ron Johansen (sp?), who landed at McMurdo base,
Antarctica on his trans-Antarctic trip. The National Science Foundation,
who runs the base, got their panties all in a wad over his landing there
and wouldn't let him have fuel. It was only the by the good graces of
Polly Vaicher (sp?), who had stockpiled fuel there and then cancelled
her trip, that Ron got to fly out.

US bureaucracy can be just as obtuse as anybody else's when they set
their heart(?) to it.

[Mitchell Holman[_2_]]

Orval Fairbairn > wrote in news:orfairbairn-
:

> In article >,
> Mitchell Holman > wrote:
>
>> wrote in news:3PAxh.1947$5U4.1331@trnddc07:
>>
>> > Mount McKinley in the background?
>> >
>>
>>
>> Not likely. The VH number makes the plane registered
>> in Australia. Could be Mt Erebus in Antarctica.
>
> No -- it is Australian Ron Johansen (sp?), who landed at McMurdo base,
> Antarctica on his trans-Antarctic trip. The National Science Foundation,
> who runs the base, got their panties all in a wad over his landing there
> and wouldn't let him have fuel. It was only the by the good graces of
> Polly Vaicher (sp?), who had stockpiled fuel there and then cancelled
> her trip, that Ron got to fly out.
>

I thought the question was about the mountain in the background.

It sure ain't McKinley........;)

[Mitchell Holman[_2_]]

Orval Fairbairn > wrote in news:orfairbairn-
:

> In article >,
> Mitchell Holman > wrote:
>
>> wrote in news:3PAxh.1947$5U4.1331@trnddc07:
>>
>> > Mount McKinley in the background?
>> >
>>
>>
>> Not likely. The VH number makes the plane registered
>> in Australia. Could be Mt Erebus in Antarctica.
>
> No -- it is Australian Ron Johansen (sp?), who landed at McMurdo base,
> Antarctica on his trans-Antarctic trip. The National Science Foundation,
> who runs the base, got their panties all in a wad over his landing there
> and wouldn't let him have fuel. It was only the by the good graces of
> Polly Vaicher (sp?), who had stockpiled fuel there and then cancelled
> her trip, that Ron got to fly out.
>

I thought the question was about the mountain in the background.

It sure ain't McKinley........;)

[John Szalay]

Mitchell Holman > wrote in
>
> I thought the question was about the mountain in the background.
>
> It sure ain't McKinley........;)
>
>
>
>

but using the clues, determined that its Mt Discovery,

[John Szalay]

Mitchell Holman > wrote in
>
> I thought the question was about the mountain in the background.
>
> It sure ain't McKinley........;)
>
>
>
>

but using the clues, determined that its Mt Discovery,