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This image shows Kai Tak post WWII but seemingly in the process of being developed into an international airport.
Has anyone seen this particular view before? Can anyone date this?
The reason for my particular interest, is that I used to live on RAF Kai Tak, which adjoined the civilian airfield.
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Can't place it but it is nice. And across the harbor, it shows the area where I was born (mid-levels) and where I lived before moving to Canada (Victoria Peak).
Peter
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If you can imagine swinging the camera round to the left by about 135 degrees, I lived in the 'married quarters' about 500 yards away. I could look into the Cathay Pacific compound.
I used to scrounge leftover flight meals from the catering staff at the playing field fence.
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Now here's a card that I want. I bid on one but missed out.
I used to live in one of the blocks of flats below this viewpoint, when we first arrived in HK. We could go onto the roof and watch the aircraft skim over our heads and land.
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Wow, how are your ears!? Those landings were epic!
For folks who don't know what those were like, here is ONE of many YouTube videos of planes landing at Hong Kong's old airport, Kai Tac.
Kai Tak landing pilot perspective
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12:56:24pm
Couple of Kai Tak postcards that just crossed my desk:
c1970s, both unused.
Roy
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Hers's a picture of of the type of aicraft I flew in when I arrived in Hong Kong in 1962. A Bristol Britannia. Our carrier was also British Eagle.
Journey time.....25 hours from Stansted airport, England. This included three refueling stops:
The return journey with the same carrier to Heathrow, London and then a transfer flight to Belfast, Northern Ireland;..... 55 hours.
The journey was awful: two engine failures before take-off, a burst tyre on landing in Bangkok (overnight stay because replacement tyre had to be flown in from Singapore); horrendous turbulence over Iran/Iraq causing almost total passenger air sickness; and last but not least, a massive thunderstorm and severe turbulence for the last hour over England.
The flight to Ireland (1 hour 20 minutes) was without incident (in a beautiful Vickers Vanguard turboprop) but it was the first and last time I ever experienced the feeling that I was still flying when in my bed, for another two or three nights.
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I bought this postcard on eBay a while ago. I jumped at this because I had not seen this view of Kai Tak airfield before. I had to put in a higher than normal bid as there was a lot of competition.
This image shows Kai Tak post WWII but seemingly in the process of being developed into an international airport.
Has anyone seen this particular view before? Can anyone date this?
The reason for my particular interest, is that I used to live on RAF Kai Tak, which adjoined the civilian airfield.
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09:10:51pm
re: Hong Kong Kai Tak airfield postcard. Anybody seen this particular view?
Can't place it but it is nice. And across the harbor, it shows the area where I was born (mid-levels) and where I lived before moving to Canada (Victoria Peak).
Peter
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re: Hong Kong Kai Tak airfield postcard. Anybody seen this particular view?
If you can imagine swinging the camera round to the left by about 135 degrees, I lived in the 'married quarters' about 500 yards away. I could look into the Cathay Pacific compound.
I used to scrounge leftover flight meals from the catering staff at the playing field fence.
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re: Hong Kong Kai Tak airfield postcard. Anybody seen this particular view?
Now here's a card that I want. I bid on one but missed out.
I used to live in one of the blocks of flats below this viewpoint, when we first arrived in HK. We could go onto the roof and watch the aircraft skim over our heads and land.
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06:22:57am
re: Hong Kong Kai Tak airfield postcard. Anybody seen this particular view?
Wow, how are your ears!? Those landings were epic!
For folks who don't know what those were like, here is ONE of many YouTube videos of planes landing at Hong Kong's old airport, Kai Tac.
Kai Tak landing pilot perspective
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09 Jul 2014
12:56:24pm
re: Hong Kong Kai Tak airfield postcard. Anybody seen this particular view?
Couple of Kai Tak postcards that just crossed my desk:
c1970s, both unused.
Roy
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re: Hong Kong Kai Tak airfield postcard. Anybody seen this particular view?
Hers's a picture of of the type of aicraft I flew in when I arrived in Hong Kong in 1962. A Bristol Britannia. Our carrier was also British Eagle.
Journey time.....25 hours from Stansted airport, England. This included three refueling stops:
The return journey with the same carrier to Heathrow, London and then a transfer flight to Belfast, Northern Ireland;..... 55 hours.
The journey was awful: two engine failures before take-off, a burst tyre on landing in Bangkok (overnight stay because replacement tyre had to be flown in from Singapore); horrendous turbulence over Iran/Iraq causing almost total passenger air sickness; and last but not least, a massive thunderstorm and severe turbulence for the last hour over England.
The flight to Ireland (1 hour 20 minutes) was without incident (in a beautiful Vickers Vanguard turboprop) but it was the first and last time I ever experienced the feeling that I was still flying when in my bed, for another two or three nights.
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