Jon Johanson - 保持世界单飞记录的澳大利亚人

pangpang

今年三月的时候,去了南澳的Aviation Museum
当时想写点,懒得码字,就没动.
今天看到老贴回顾里PATRICKZHU的DICK　ＳＭＩＴＨ，提到他喜欢飞行,让我想到了Jon Johanson
如今他自己造的那架飞机,曾经被他用来在２００３年单飞南极的,还在南澳的Aviation Museum展出,希望有多些人捐款．不然这架飞机要被美国人买走.
ＪＯＮ从事过多种职业:护士，助产士,木匠

pangpang

在第一张机尾的名单里,就有ＤＩＣＫ　ＳＭＩＴＨ的名字．
很荣幸的是我先生父亲的名字也列在倒数第五，　他帮助做了这架飞机ＩＮＴＥＲＣＯＭ　ＷＩＲＩＮＧ　ＳＹＳＴＥＭ

pangpang

第二张里面的小熊仔,是ＪＯＮ唯一接受留在飞机上的礼物．在他的飞行中,飞机内的东西的重量当然是越轻越好，他一般是拒绝放无用的东西在里面的.

patrickzhu

等楼主的故事

pangpang

曾经飞行的路线的图示,ＪＯＮ至今保持单飞最远的记录

pangpang

ｗｉｋｉｐｅｄｉａ里列出的他所荣获的奖项
Awards and Records

In 2004 Johanson was awarded the FAI Gold Air Medal by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI); it is one of the organisations highest awards. At the time he held 47 FAI world records.[4]

In 2004, Johanson was also named the Adventurer of the Year by the Australian Geographic Society.
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FAI Awards received by Jon JOHANSON (Australia)

This page presents a chronological summary of all the FAI awards received by Jon JOHANSON (Australia). Click on an award's name in the list below to get more information about that particular FAI Award.

FAI General Awards

FAI Awards for Individual Disciplines

year　award (& citation)　2004

The FAI Gold Air Medal
This man is quite exceptional. An apprentice carpenter who became a nurse-midwife, he sacrificed and saved to learn how to fly and eventually became one of the bravest and most adventurous light aeroplane pilots of all time. He is the only person ever to have flown a tiny home-built light aircraft round the world 3 times, west-to-east and east-to- west, and to have over-flown both Poles. Some of the trans-oceanic legs of these flights defy belief. One took over 15 hours. He spent two and a half years and 2000 hours of work building his own Van�s RV-4 aircraft, completing it in 1992. He began setting and breaking FAI World Records in 1994. Currently he holds 47 FAI World Records in Classes C-1B and C-1C. The hard work, meticulous planning, initiative, and commitment he displayed when building his aircraft were rewarded when he flew that tiny aircraft safely over distances and terrains that would challenge the most intrepid and skilful aviators in much larger and better equipped aircraft. His courage, tenacity, and determination to succeed make him a very worthy recipient of the FAI Gold Air Medal in FAI�s centenary year.
http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=29891

[ 本帖最后由 pangpang 于 2011-7-22 22:03 编辑 ]

pangpang

原帖由 patrickzhu 于 2011-7-22 21:52 发表
等楼主的故事

抱歉，也没什么故事．
可能男生对这些鼓捣飞机的事比较感兴趣，我也就是在ＭＵＳＥＵＭ里看到的一点.

pangpang

翻译的一点;
Jon Johanson 于1956出生在Warburton, Victoria
在2009年,他出价$55K 出售他的 HOME　ＭＡＤＥ　VAN’S RV4　飞机,　以补偿在建造时,为RV4提供资助人们. 在此次　Ｐｏｒｔ　Ａｄｅｌａｉｄｅ　Ａｖｉａｔｉｏｎ　Ｍｕｓｅｕｍ的FUND RAISE活动发起之前,已经收到了$20K捐款, SMITH家族说,当捐款达到$40K时, Smith Family Trust会保证捐助剩下的$15K.

Jon Johanson数次获得Wiley Post Spirit Award.这个奖是颁发给没有政府资助的个人,特别是用自己的财力,时间和努力为general aviation领域的发展作出贡献的个人,以认可他们的创新和先锋精神.
（Wiley Post 是在1931和他的澳大利亚人导航人Harold Gatty一起， 创造了8天15小时51分钟环绕地球的记录的人）

Jon Johanson 喜欢飞行,但不是像ＤＩＣＫSMITH那样的有钱人. 由于他来自护士工作和飞行的收入,都不足以使他有能力购买厂家制造的飞机,他蒙生了自己造VAN’S RV4飞机的想法,并付诸于行动.
他征服了既无资金,又无工具,无工作间,无技能的自身障碍.建造过程只用了两年半.他开玩笑说,我不能拖得太久,不然我付不起SHED 的租金.
当他瞄准了长距离单飞的目标后,他意识到自己造的飞机的局限, 飞机又经过不断的改良以适用于长距离. 即便许多批评家和航空工程师告诉他'IMPOSSIBLE’,他还是创造了多项记录.

Jon Johanson 自己出了一本书,书名 AIMING HIGH. 他说我可以做到的,任何人也可以做到.

[ 本帖最后由 pangpang 于 2011-7-23 18:25 编辑 ]

pangpang

我先生的父亲曾经是 Mangolore Air Show 的Chief of Judges (不过这个每年一度的由the Sports Aircraft Association of Australia举办的SHOW已在1997年停办了).
他曾经也帮他的邻居HENRY,另一个自驾飞机的爱好者,一起造了一驾飞机.
当HENRY的飞机在展出时, Jon Johanson 问HENRY,他的通讯系统是谁做的, HENRY就告诉了他我先生的父亲的名字. 我先生的父亲是免费帮他装了他这架后来创记录的飞机的通讯系统.

pangpang

不知道Mr.Johanson最近的故事是怎样, 他还正当年呢.
我们家老爷子现在是在NURSINＧ　ＨＯＭＥ里孤独地安渡晚年.
唯一可以帮助别人的是，　别人给他制作模型飞机的SＥＴ，　他做完后给回别人，纯为消磨时间.
虽然NURSINGＨＯＭＥ环境不错,我发誓我绝不想在晚年去那种地方.

[ 本帖最后由 pangpang 于 2011-7-23 18:40 编辑 ]

Mr.Yang

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