The Kringlesphere

Johnson's to search for lost "Carnuba" plane...

From jsonline.com (The online site of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal):

Fisk Johnson, chairman and chief executive officer of the SC Johnson Co. in Racine, will travel to the South Pacific this summer in an attempt to find the original Carnauba airplane, flown by his grandfather H.F. Johnson Jr. in the 1930s.

The amphibious plane was later lost in the Pacific, but underwater video footage recently shot off the coast of Indonesia "offers a glimpse of the skeleton of an aircraft that resembles the Carnauba's unique shape," according to a company news release.

The release said the expedition would include Fisk and "several family members."In 1998, Fisk, his brother Curt and their father, the late Sam Johnson, flew a replica of the Carnauba to Brazil to re-enact the 1935 flight by H.F. Johnson looking for a sustainable source of wax, the carnauba palm tree, in Brazil.

I find it very interesting that this family values their heritage so much. Imagine doing this. I wish I could go along. What an adventerous life these folks live.....

posted by John @ 1:22 PM