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Ron Cattell
Registrace 1. 02. 2008
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History of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak airport
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A personal documentary about the history and closing of Kai Tak Airport Hong Kong
I used to visit HongKong in 90’s for my meetings at PepsiCo Office in Wanchai. What an experience it was to land at KaiTak airport !!! Fond memories ❤ Best ! Humayun Khan Frisco-Texas-USA
Welcome, back?
Thanks
., seasoned pilots really have great skills and balls of steel
Brilliant i used to stay in the Old Airport Regal Hotel and see these huge Aerobatic manoeuvres on approach from the roof top restaurant
I lived on Peng Chau for a bit, as well as Disco Bay.
I remember Kai Tak, so convenient to get to an from. A friend visited, who was a fan of this stuff, took me to the checkerboard. You sit there watch airplanes head straight for you.
"lets re-live the sights and sounds"....................... and by that you mean lie right to our faces and play some duty free music instead 😃🤣
Hello @GoogsMindbent - I certainly take the point that the music is rather cheesy! My only excuse is I did it more than 20 years ago - If I was doing it now I would use better sound tracks. But what do you mean by "lie right to our faces"? The sights and (non music) sounds are defo authentic and bring back memories for passengers and pilots of the thrill of landing at Kai Tak.
@@roncattell i just got joke thats all 🤣 great historical footage indeed
Great Video, great memories, I was in the RAF at Kai Tak from 1964 to 1968 and I learnt to fly at the airport with the Hong Kong Flying club that was situated across the runway opposite the control tower. My flight instructor was a Australian Cathay Pacific Pilot and we some times went on Cathay Pacific training Flights acting as passengers for the cabin crew in the middle of the night
So happy you liked my video. You have some great memories of Kai Tak.
I saw old asiana airlines logo
I’m looking for my jet’s to comes to get BoBo’s and I. ❤❤
My Dad went to Hong Kong during the 90’s so he was able to experience landing in Kai Tak. Me, my mom and sister went to hong kong during the 2000 we landed at the Chep Lap Kok.
This is very interesting and informative about Kai Tak airport
Does anyone have the Christmas or CNY lighting of downtown approach? Incredible!
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Currently reading the 'Lion Rock' history of Cathay Pacific.
Hi Rob, yes I’ve read that too - I think it’s a good history of CX
@@roncattell My history as a passenger starts in 1984. An A340 Auckland to HK. So far in the book they haven't bought a jet! Best.
A must for all aviation enthusiasts! Had the chance to land there many times in the 90's and photographed/filmed its take-off & landings from all angles including at checkerboard. Unique site, what a pity it closed...
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@Ron Catell: did you live in Hong Kong during the early 1990s? And did you patronise a newsagency in Admiralty Centre on the ground floor Tower 2, called: "What's News"?
@xetalq Hi, Yes I did live in HK at that time, but I worked in Fortress Tower at North Point. I would have visited Admiralty Centre a few times I guess, but I don't remember the newsagency you mention.
Thanks for sharing Ron, brings back lots of memories of my time there in the RAF where I had a room which overlooked the airport so I was able to photograph most movements
Hat's off to the pilots and crew's who made this supremely difficult series of maneuvers look as easy as a leisurely stroll through the park.
A paradise for 747 lovers.
Hey Ron ,ove this precious footage of the old airport. I am doing a audio/visaul performance soon about Hong Kong Lost Architecture. It's a non-ptofit event which takes part in an Unviersity. May I ask if I could use the footages of your video in the perforamce. I would ofc credit you. Thanks a lot, look forward to your reply :D Best, Marta
Hi Marta, which university is the event being held at ?
@@roncattell Thanks for your quick reply. It's in Creaive Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong
The event link is scheduled to be published later next week by the University.I would be happy to send you the link privately now, so you have an idea what it is about :)
@@martapang7396 Hi Marta, sounds good - I’m happy for you to use the footage with credit. Please do send me a link as I would be interested in your work. Beat of luck with the event. Best regards. Ron
Mi 1998 öszén, már az új repülőtéren landoltunk. De a Kai Tak hotelben szálltunk meg. ;-)
Cathay changed its logo 3 years ago The Old logo began in 1995.
There were still plenty of Cathay Pacific planes around in late 1995 with the original Rhodesian or Nigerian flag colour scheme.
I used to live under the east-bound flight path, we learned to pause conversations every few minutes as a 'plane few over. ;)
My dad said the approach was ok and he was on thai airways in 1985 he enjoyed it and the terminal was instresting
What a video, it was fascinating for a person born at 02 to see what Kai take was like. I lived in the city next to HK, Shenzhen, and I'm now studying in the States. I found it very surprising that the last two times I went to HK, I lived in the hotel at discovery bay, one time for my rugby competition and the other for my SAT test.
Glad you like it
I would have trown up 😬 by the landing 💺✈ Thank you for putting it on CZcams 🙏🙋♂️🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇭
当你降落到凯德时，你知道你在香港
👩✈OLD KAI TAK >>> czcams.com/video/__xu5gl3e7o/video.html
Interesting video Ron. A very random discovery on my part (I fell down a CZcams rabbit hole)!
Thanks Ron, I was randomly searching Kai Tak landings and stumbled across this video! Wish Kai Tak was still around with all the new 4K video cameras we can capture nowadays. Thoroughly enjoyed your personalised commentary and great video work!
Thanks for your kind comment. Yes, video quality has become much better since then hasn't it. Kai Tak was an important part of my life. I'm looking forward to getting back to HK once Covid restrictions are lifted. Cheers. Ron
The lead singer was my cousin who helped to finance the search of the Diana
Roger Tyler, right?
Yes!
@@carolestagg7207 Yes i saw Roger a lot at the KL Folk Club and was lucky enough to go see the Diana salvage as well as to record this song of theirs and some others in the studio
Would you be able to send me any videos that feature Roger? We were like brother and sister and I still miss him a lot.
@@carolestagg7207 Hi Carole, Unfortunately I don't think I have any more accessible video footage from that time. The footage that I edited into specific videos, such as the Diana one, has been preserved but everything else from that time 30 years ago is in a format that can't be played anymore.
So many 747s. Now u don’t see any
honkers !!
thank you for this.
Wonderful experience and fond memories
Because of the buildings cost of the airport to close did you know how much I hate buildings near airport? Soon all of the airport will be surrounded by buildings by the way farewell kaitak you will be missed
Interesting, I was on the last BA flight into Kai Tak in early July 1998, returning from boarding school. Kept the stub probably lost now. Such amazing memories brought back by this video, thank you.
Glad you liked it. I'm hoping to get back to HK early in the New Year
Lol. I also used to lived in DB for fourteen years. What year was this filmed can I ask?
Hi. I did the filming in 1998 I think as it was just after the 1997 handover. I lived in DB from about 1988 to 1993 and then moved to Malaysia but visited HK very frequently.
@@roncattell interesting, I lived in seahorse lane 1990-98, then headland drive 98-2004. Was so great to see that view of DB from the plane which I used to see. We also could see the flight path from our patio garden
@@roncattell where did you live in DB? Those where the early days! Original 'commercial centre' before 'DB Plaza'!! I can barely remember where those shops were then.
@@smashschool6747 Ha - maybe we know each other - I lived just around the corner from you , at 22 Seabee Lane until 1993. What’s your name?
I think I would choose the right-side window seat for this approach.
I tried doing the approach in infinite flight and it was soooooo hard!
The most famous dangerous airport at hong kong
Great video Ron - It was a trip down memory lane. I was seconded by Qantas to work at Kai Tak for 6 months - loved it
Glad you liked it!
The first time I went to Hong Kong I was on the road with a band in 1997. I didn’t know anything about the airport or approach. As we were descending I was saying prayers because I thought something was wrong with the plane and we were going down into the city. I later learned that this was completely fine and normal. Lol.
The music is a little bit cymbal heavy. 🤣 My ears are bleeding. Nice video though, a trip down memory lane. Thanks! 👍
Yeah, I get it about the music - I've been meaning to change it for years but haven't got around to it. Glad you liked the video though. Cheers
Thank you for sharing. Brings back a lot of fond memories as a kid flying into Kai Tak for holidays on Philippines Airlines from Manila on the DC-10, A300 and B747-200/400.
So many 747's from different airlines and nation's. Love it...
when da best documentary about kai tak is 10 years old
Great memories! Thanks….but the music 😅
Yeah, a few people have said the music is a bit out-of-place. Actually you're right - I'll get around to changing the music one day - anyone have suggestions for what to use?