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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. |
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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, |
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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, |
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Orval Fairbairn wrote in news
![]() : 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........ ![]() |
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