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to: TONY PATON
from: KEITH JILLINGS
date: 1997-08-02 21:47:00
subject: Flight 711

 Tuesday, 29 July 1997 TONY PATON wrote to ALL
 TP> Hi All, Just saw a Tv show : Mercy mission:The rescue of
 TP> flight 711. It was made in 1993 and the story was about this guy
 TP> flying a Cessna Agwagon from SFO to SYD. He got lost and was
 TP> rescued by an Air New Zealand 767.
 I saw that one some months ago, but don't think it was a 767.  Too
 long ago for that.  BBC said it's a true story, and the ANZ Captain
 and the AgWagon pilot became best buddies and fly together now.
 TP> The show claimed it happened in the late 1970's.
 ... so definitely not a 767!   Sounds right, though.
 TP> 23 hours seems a long time! Could an Agwagon carry that much fuel
 TP> in it's hopper?
 *_Good_* question!
 Greetings from Keith Jillings (2:257/71.10)
.!. If a program is useful, it must be changed.
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