Jon Johanson stranded in Antartica....

On 17 Dec 2003 03:18 PM, RR Urban posted the following:

(Robert Bonomi) wrote:

majority snipped for brevity

The 'far frontiers' *ARE* an "attractive nuisance". They draw the
kooks, loonies, and glory-seekers like a magnet. *WITHOUT*
considering whether Mr. Johanson fits that description, It *is* a fact
that "helping" him return from his botched 'adventure' *WOULD* cause
those who _do_ fit the "kooks, loonies, and glory-seekers"
categorization to be more likely to make their own *ill-prepared*
attempts. Resulting in _bigger_ drains on the *limited* resources
available.
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It appears....
There are two very polorized groups here.
Neither will be swayed.

Both are right. He took off without covering all the angles, and the
NSF are a bunch of assholes, plain and simple. All's well that ends
well, I guess.

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On 18 Dec 2003 07:22:23 GMT, Del Rawlins
wrote:

On 17 Dec 2003 03:18 PM, RR Urban posted the following:

(Robert Bonomi) wrote:

majority snipped for brevity

The 'far frontiers' *ARE* an "attractive nuisance". They draw the
kooks, loonies, and glory-seekers like a magnet. *WITHOUT*
considering whether Mr. Johanson fits that description, It *is* a fact
that "helping" him return from his botched 'adventure' *WOULD* cause
those who _do_ fit the "kooks, loonies, and glory-seekers"
categorization to be more likely to make their own *ill-prepared*
attempts. Resulting in _bigger_ drains on the *limited* resources
available.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

It appears....
There are two very polorized groups here.
Neither will be swayed.

Both are right. He took off without covering all the angles, and the
NSF are a bunch of assholes, plain and simple. All's well that ends
well, I guess.

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Plus, I'm not sure everyone understands just how difficult it is to
plan for global flights. Jon's is using an RV-4. In many countries,
stating what type airplane this is doesn't compute. It causes
enormous bureaucratic hassles whenever he touches down in a foreign
country because they don't know how to classify the airplane. His
trips literally can take years to plan, and then his clearance to
overfly a country's airspace may be canceled at a whim. And that's
without taking the weather into consideration.

His biggest problem during his flights isn't the weather, it's the
bureaucracy of the countries upon which he must rely when he lands.
When he was returning to Australia for the first trip, he landed in
India and almost didn't get out of there. He hadn't done anything
wrong, other than land there, it's just that India has taken
bureaucracy to stratospheric levels. It's probably what they do best.
And this was WITH clearance ahead of time.

Corky Scott