Hello TONY!
Tuesday July 29 1997, TONY PATON writes to ALL:
 TP> Hi All,
 TP> Just saw a Tv show : Mercy mission:The rescue of flight 711. It was
 TP> made in 1993 and the story was about this guy flying a Cessna Agwagon
 TP> from SFO to SYD. He got lost and was rescued by an Air New Zealand
 TP> 767. The show claimed he flew non stop from Pango Pango for
 TP> 23 hours!! He landed at Auckland and while on finals he ran out of
 TP> fuel. Obviously the story must of been dramatised for TV. The show
 TP> claimed it happened in the late 1970's. Does anyone have any of the
 TP> actual facts of what happened? 23 hours seems a long time! Could an
 TP> Agwagon carry that much fuel in it's hopper?
It's a true story, although obviously a lot of the fine detail was 
dramatised. The pilot of the NZ aircraft Boeing won that years award for 
outstanding airmanship.
Bye for now,
          Jackson
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