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Article: Pilot Reaches New Zealand After Stranded
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- December 15, 2003
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RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
12-15-2003
Dateline: WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Australian pilot Jon Johanson is photographed flying a plane in this handout photo in unknown location, released by Jon Johanson. The daredevil pilot who flew his homemade plane over the South Pole Dec. 6-7, has ignited a storm between Australia and its two closest allies - the United States and New Zealand - who are refusing to refuel his aircraft, which is stranded on an icy runway on the edge of Antarctica. (AP Photo/Jon Johanson)
An Australian who became the first pilot to fly solo over the South Pole in a homemade plane flew back to New Zealand after being stranded on the ice for six days without ...