In reply to Kai Tak and land reclaimation by Lawrence (not verified). In reply to Kai Tak - old & new runways by David. Thanks to Isdl, T, and Moddsey for the links. This point was 2nm from the runways threshold and was marked by a huge checkerboard on the hill. It was reported that passengers could see TV sets within Hong Kong during the turn. He writes: Not a very clear map but one can see the access road to the hangar. But most of the new land appears to be in the northwest, extending the airfield further inland. By the 1990s, Kai Tak had become one of the busiest airports in the world, forcing the authorities to build a much bigger facility away from the city. When a plane plunged into Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, killing six crew with the landings known as the "Kai Tak Heart . The Japanese engineer in charge of the project was decapitated. We had carried it on our backs and dumped it in the ocean. The bottom right corner shows most likely the start of the Clear Water Bay road - that corner mansion with high stonecut-face wall, and the miscellaneous items on the ground on the south side (bottom edge of photo). Today, it must be running below some streets to the sea. Interviewer: Were you men still fed the same amount of food? So within this short period of time, the pilot had to align the aircraft with the runway.". They told me I had to get permission from the airport security before I could climb down to retrieve the ball. But as Hong Kong's population grew, the city built up the area around the airport, and pilots had to navigate around increasingly taller buildings in order to successfully land. Monitor the market and connect your business to the people, programs and proprietary data driving the Commercial Aviation market - only available with AWIN. Can anyone help me find out more about that crash in any sites? It kind of knocked hell right out of their health. ?- ] Stay Informed. Thanks Moddsey for clearing up my confusion. Kai Tak Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925-1998. 1 Its location was unusual: It sat in a bowl, surrounded by mountains and waterand later studded with. Gallery: Remembering Thrilling Landings at Kai Tak Airport But Corrigan did most of the shoveling in that cart. It is refreshing to seehowClear Water Bay Road looked many years ago,and this photoputs me in myschool bus as it was travellinguphill. It was indeed an interesting era! Hawker Hunter in Action 0 89747 273 X [gmap markers=small red::22.337110405752387,114.19498237968583 |align=Center |zoom=18 |center=22.337110984649904,114.19508099555969 |width=450px |height=350px |control=Small |type=Satellite], In reply to The Kai Tak runway extension by David, Yes, the bridge is still there and Tai Shing Street was the location of the old main runway: http://gwulo.com/node/1832. The celebrations come a quarter of a century after the baton was passed to Chek Lap Kok by the former airport at Kai Tak after 73 storied years. Kai Tak Airport History | Gwulo Shows place(s) I'm sure everybody's heard about the, we built the, we did the groundwork for it. The area above that, San Po Kong, was an industrial area, except for a small area to the east which housed the Blackdown Barracks. The Pilots sister Anne is well and now lives in Australia . A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340-300 shown arriving late afternoon. Here is probably one of the most dramatic landings ever caught on video: The airport's safety record was poorer than other major hubs around the world, but given the conditions and notorious approach to runway 13 this is perhaps not surprising. memon See the Crazy Landings at Kai Tak, the Legendary Airport That Closed 20 What were on that piece of land before the estate was built? A 1945-1946 photo archive of Kai Tak of HMS Nabcatcher that shared the aerodrome with the RAF and the civil authorities is available through this link: http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/MONABS/KT_Album.htm, In reply to Re: Japanese Enlargement of Kai Tak by moddsey (not verified). Does a search through the old newspapers turn up anything? Notice how narrow the start of Clear Water Bay Road was at that time. On the Full record page, double click the image to open the viewer, which lets you zoom and pan around the image. A Korean Air Cargo Boeing 747 freighter banks to the right as it passes the buildings of Hong Kong. The buildings inside the airport fence were quite different the way I remember them. RAF aircraft parking apron to the north of the airport, Extension to Runway 13 that was completed in 1950, RAF hangar at Tai Hom and the access road leading to it, Worn track through Nga Tsin Wai Village that was used by British POW labour to build the paved runways (right of the extended runway), Clearwater Bay Rd winding up Customs Pass and, Good Hope School founded in 1954 (Oldtimer's school), Scroll down, and click the "Save" button at the bottom of the screen. However extremely busy Kai Tak was located in the city center, the Kowloon City \"\" (The city of nine dragons \"city surrounded by nine mountains\"), around by high density buildings, numerous skyscrapers and rugged mountains reaching an altitude of 2000 ft. with single narrow runway (13/31) very close to taxiway jutting out into Victoria Harbour, and further less than 10 Km is Hong Kong Island, another densely populated area with hills up to 2100 ft. Beijing ICP prepared NO.16065310-3, Hong Kong's historic Kai Tak runway gets a revamp. What happened to the Arrival Hall Miramar Snack Bar at Kai Tak Airport? The car park roof in the background was a popular spot to watch the aircraft on approach and landing. I was in his work gang one day and he said look, you fellas that dont feel like it, sit and rest, you watch for the guard coming around the curve, and whenever the guards started, they would call and we would get back to work. So petrifying was the landing at the now-closed Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong, passengers had a nickname for it: the Kai Tak Heart Attack. Standing at 200 meters above ground, when completed in 2022 Airside . Some mornings, us classmates would walk across the road to the east side to play soccer. 6 people killed in plane crash near southern California airport The Japanese runway layout is still in use, but not for much longer, as the big reclamation is underway to build the new runway. My name is Stephen Sin living in Kowloon City. Also I can remember the black pill box near Tai Hom village Hangar at one time was used by a BBQ merchant as a place for storing his stocks. Log in or register to post comments Thanks for the image! These days, Kai Tak is home to a futuristic cruise terminal, and is part of a huge redevelopment plan to transform the surrounding area into a residential and tourism hub. Copyright 2023. Accident. I think it had a different name in the 1980s, but cannot say for sure. It evolved with the city, becoming a full-fledged commercial airport as . The chief engineer overseeing the project, George Mak, says the result will be something new for Hong Kong. MrB] They carried a bun for mid-day meal. Fast forward a few years and the Royal Air Force has established a presence at the site along with a couple more flight schools. It was planned to build something like a garden estate there with houses, recreation grounds etc., for private tenancy. But the crash you saw was a Hawker Hunter piloted by my wife's uncle David. Next, the dark thick and a bit crooked line was a hedge, andnext straightdark line wasthe nullah whichranunder theroadto the airport. Does anyone remember the name and know when it was built? Before the Japanese expansion, that area was nowhere near to the airfield. Thai Airways International Flight 601 was a Sud Aviation Caravelle that crashed into the sea on landing at the former Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, in a typhoon on Friday, 30 June 1967.. In reply to Kai Tak Airport by moddsey (not verified). Log in or register to post comments Greetings. Kai Tak Airport Coordinates: 221943N 1141139E Kai Tak Airport ( IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH, VHHX) was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. At the opening of the school, everything went wrong. We were supposed to be mixing concrete and laying it down and doing all with, it was just pick and shovel work. or Prince Edward Road which I think did not extend this way until later. Tokat Airport was closed in 2001, re-opened in 2006, and closed again in 2008. The site also have older reference photos and maps. Regarding MrB's comments about the location of the former airport hangar, I might have seen it with small planes inside to my left side after my bus had crossed Runway 13 and swung towards the southeast onto Kwun Tong Road. Flight Experience - Landing@Kai Tak Airport Ken Lee 250K views 9 years ago Real Landing at Hong Kong Kai Tak 13 delta744 http://www.flickr.com/photos/27747234@N04/3572841856/, In reply to See my flickr upload about by keroseneian2003 (not verified). I think the restaurant I was thinking of was "Windows on the World", which is off to the right in the photo. san po kong In Kai Tak, pilots landing on Runway 13 would make the final approach after an essential turn at the "checkerboard" painted into a hill. I'm thinking it was either Tin Tin or the Seven Seas Restaurant, but am probably off on both. Kai Tak served as Hong Kong's airport from 1925 until 1998. My guess would have probably been in the late 1940s when Government needed space to accommodate the growing influx of refugees from the Mainland. Log in or register to post comments It was in the hot sun. Regards, Peter. Given there are now severalmajor roads in this area, is thisroad parallel to the runway Kwun Tong Roador Choi Hung Road? See here for the view of the civilian hangar, slipway and pontoon and here. Notes from moddsey: The spacing of the houses on the south side, and their set back from the road,is how I remember them. 31) that describes his involvement with the airport: Au Tak (1840-1920) was the proprietor of a furniture shop named Chiu Loong Tai, situated on Chiu Loong Street in the Central District. https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/awn-logo.svg. if you look closely you'll see two small white crosses on the sea below the end of the runway. There were two road crossing points with barrriers and bells to halt road traffic. In this 1924 map we can see several roads have been built, and the area that will become the airfield has already been reclaimed in the top right corner of the map. Surrounding the airport were three elements less-than-ideal for aircraft landings: mountainous terrain, water, and eventually tall apartment buildings. The sabotage efforts of the POWs did cause concerns after the Japanese surrender as no one knew the actual strength capability of the runways and where the concrete was likely to fail. However, the clip of the former Passenger Terminal Building (PTB), Observation Deck and scene of passenger embarkation were added in later. It suggests that the hangar was built during the expansion, and so was built by the Japanese. The last departure, however, was a ferry flight taking a Cathay Pacific A340 to the new Hong Kong airport at 01:05. What years were you flying into Kai Tak harry? I stumbled on this photo. Good Hope School, Clear Water Bay Road [1955- ] Hong Kong International Airport - Wikipedia When the bells broke the morning silence my 7 a.m. bus would stop allowing me to watch the airplane taxi across the road in front, make a U-turn and next take off. Kai Taks aviation history dates back to 1924 when a flight school called The Abbot School of Aviation opened on the site. [4] Maps from Map Library in Central Library. This led to the airport becoming the third busiest by passenger traffic in 1996 with 29.5 million passengers. I have enjoyed your 'before and after' shots onFlickr. He is remembered only as the kai of the old airport, which was build originally on his business venture, Kai Tak Bund. Could it have been extended earlier than the 1950s, or was there a second round of extension in the 50s? Well, that's when the, the work party started. Informa Markets, a trading division of Informa PLC. Choi Hung Rd and the nullah With its runway given the nickname Kai Tak Heart Attack, the airport was well known among pilots and passengers for its hair raising approach.Article link: https://simpleflying.com/kai-tak-airport-story/Video source links: Kai Tak Take off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBevfOrxikAKai Tak landing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz0ZXiuuovoHistorical footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWTnYUGVIDoFlyover created using Google Earth StudioPhoto sources:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BOAC_Boeing_707-436_on_finals_into_Kai_Tak_Airport.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Tak_Airporthttps://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=227342\u0026picture=kai-tak-final-approach-03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BOAC_Boeing_707-436_on_finals_into_Kai_Tak_Airport.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Tak_Airport#/media/File:Boeing_747-467,_Cathay_Pacific_Airways_JP10362.jpghttps://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/roo-tales/mind-the-washing-remembering-old-hong-kong-airport/https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=227339\u0026picture=kai-tak-aerial-viewhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kai_Tak_Airport_2.jpghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kai_Tak_Airport_1_filtered.jpghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hong_Kong_Connaught_Road_1920s.jpghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cathay_Pacific_Boeing_707-351C_at_Sydney_Airport.jpghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Untitled_(China_Airlines)_Boeing_747-409_B-165_(23222710834).jpgWebsite: https://simpleflying.com/Instagram: http://instagram.com/simpleflyingnewsTwitter: https://twitter.com/simple_flying#Aviation #Flight #Avgeek /CGTN. I'd always believed that the expansion had been seawards, reclaiming land. Moddsey sent in this copy of a landing chart from the 1940s, showing the two runways mentioned earlier. When the work was complete, there were two concrete runways, one crossing the other. How far was the Kowloon Wall City from the original shoreline? Did you fly to/from Kai Tak? It was major news at the time, and made the first page of the 1955 Hong Kong Annual Report: The year also saw the start of work on a $110,000,000 project to revolutionize Kai Tak Airport by the construction of a 7,200-ft runway on an artificial promontary reclaimed from the sea and projecting out into the waters of Kowloon Bay. Kai Tak was replaced by the new Hong Kong International Airport, or Chek Kap Lok, with operations . Closed in 1998 to make way for a bigger and way easier to land at airport, Kai Tak was famous for a fiendishly difficult approach to a runway in the middle of Kowloon Bay that forced pilots to maneuver steeply, just above the roofs of a heavily populated city, before hitting the brakes hard to avoid ending up in the water. We've received photos of the two landmarks Moddsey mentioned, but I guess they look a bit different from how you'd remember them! The Ten Scariest Aircraft Landings Caught On Video - Jalopnik In 1925, and American pilot, Harry Abbot, leased the land to start a flying school there. It was located in the central built-up city area, with large widebody aircraft making a dramatic and challenging approach to land. Airport comes of age after Kai Tak test | The Standard In the centre, there is a triangle that is linked to a square. (The red arrow on each photo points to the hangar's location.). HOW MANY HOURS WOULD YOU WORK ON THE Kai Tak AIRPORT? Cause The cause of the accident regarding the aircraft's crash was attributed to a partial failure of the No.1 engine during the plane's take-off from the runway. isdl, The Squadrons Of The Fleet Air Arm 0 85130 223 8, The Squadrons Of The Royal Air Force 0 85130 083 9, Action Stations Overseas 1 85260 319 4, Short Sunderland in World War II 1 85310 429 9, Sunderland Squadrons of World War II 1 84176 024 2, Hawker Hunter in Action 0 89747 273 X, Hawker Hunter in Color 0 89747 181 4, Airport Of The Nine Dragons Kai Tak 0 9586746 0 4, Kai Tak, A History of Aviation in Hong Kong - Government Information Services, The Life And Times Of Sir Kai Ho Kai 962 201 873 4, In reply to POW labour at Kai Tak by David. . The origins of Kai Tak Airport go back to 1912, when two Hong Kong businessmen bought land in Kowloon for development. Hong Kong was settled long before aircraft and air travel existed. Kai Tak Airport - Wikipedia Nestled comfortably between the South China Sea and the hilly terrain of the Chinese coast. You may have to look up the local newspapers to find out more. Remembering Hair-Raising Landings at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport Yes, Tin Tin was one of the Chinese restaurants at Kai Tak Airport. Only very small pisces could be found on the news the next day. Those are two seaplanes. "What we're trying to do is to put a network of green space, spread all around the development, so that people can walk from one place to another," he said. In the years since the Kai Tak site has been extensively redeveloped. When it opened in 1925, Kai Tak Airport, located in the district of Kowloon, was little more than a grassy airfield. Hawker Hunter in Color 0 89747 181 4 As Content Manager of Simple Flying, Tom leads the content team overseeing all aspects of Simple Flying's output. 2. The problem was that the airport was only ever designed for 24 million passengers a year. The mechanic who demonstrated a parachute jump was drowned after he dropped into the harbour instead of landing on the airfield. For those aviation buffs, a video in German of a SwissairCV-990 (Convair) making an approach to Kai Tak via Cheung Chau Island-Green Island-Stonecutters Island and over Kowloon can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z0boBiZi94&NR=1. Au Tak[3]. There will never be another airport like Hong Kong's Kai Tak Due to the huge growth in passengers, tied with the complex, challenging, and sometimes dangerous approach, the government made a decision to relocate the airport. aerial photographs This photo is ringing more and more my memory bell. Trying to land there required a descent through the middle of the city, and a risky last-minute maneuver known by pilots as "The Hong Kong Turn.". We were supposed to get a bun, but then again the flour had, had been exposed, there was, had been insects in the flour, and it was a miserable poor diet. The PTB was opened in November 1962. In reply to Kai Tak restaurant by Susan B-K (not verified), Is this it? HKIA was relocated from Kai Tak to Chek Lap Kok overnight . Photo received by email If it was an Fleet Air Arm aircraft then needs other references. "This happened within just the lowest 1,000 feet from the ground and within 2 miles from the threshold. An Alitalia MD-11 making its right-hand turn at the checkerboard, somewhat lower than was normal. Regards, Peter Kai Tak's central location meant that many local people lived and worked right next to the airport. Browse 31 kai tak airport landing photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Where was that hill? I cannot verify if it's in SCMP or not. Surely someone will remember this experience. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtubeRead more about Kai Tak Airport from SCMP: https://sc.mp/0gkkVideo at 00:28-00. The area is mostly empty at this time, with just a few villages (the black areas are buildings), and not much in the way of roads. Interviewer: During that period of time, the men were expected to work. The Squadrons Of The Royal Air Force 0 85130 083 9 Permalink Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 01/31/2015 - 11:53 From the 1930s till 1941, the RAF and theHarbour Department (which controlledciviilan airport operations) both operated their own separate hangars. Absolutely, we were. When the aircraft carrier visited, sometimes they landed all their planes onto Kai Tak for exercises, Buccaneers, Sea Vixens, Gannets etc., what a sight! In this video, you can found the most extremely landing, but these happened several hundred times per day, and was just the real daily life of Hong Kong people. http://pro.corbis.com/popup/Enlargement.aspx?mediauids={9b8d0854-bfa4-4edd-b9df-b6cee3f359ac}|{ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff}&qsPageNo=3&fdid=&Area=Search&TotalCount=5000&CurrentPos=5&WinID={9b8d0854-bfa4-4edd-b9df-b6cee3f359ac, Tai Shing Street & Tseuk Luk Street, Looking Northwest, Work on Kai Tak Airfield - Breaking the sod ceremony, http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/MONABS/KT_Album.htm, Sections of suspected remains of pre-Kai Tak Pier located, Re: Longjin (Lung Tsun) Bridge & Kowloon City Landing Place, http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/1/7/4/9/92118_1046851947.jpg, Old RAF Hangar at Tai Hom / Diamond Hill [????-???? : ) I hope the pictures taken can be added to your website & tell people of these great history of RAF at Hong Kong: Moddsey, you mentioned that the runway was extended in the early 1950s, but the 1944 photo already seems to show a bridge over the nullah at that point, and the 1948 map also seems to have the runway bulging out over the road and nullah. Kai Tak - Japanese Operations Building on a Mound [c.1944-c.1959] landing - Why didn't planes land from the sea in the old Kai Tak Hong Gallery founder Sarah Greene said she hoped the show could pay . It closed in 1998, but the memory of 747s and other large aircraft flying low over the city remains. eg a search for 'Hawker' or 'Hunter' in years 1962-63? Dramatic video shows why pilots miss Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong If one is landing or taking off in a south-easterly direction, one would be landing or taking off on Runway 13 and conversely the other way round would be Runway 31. There is no information at hand to indicate when did the RAF hangar at Tai Hom become disused.
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