Miss flying into Kai Tak. Did it once a month with BA between 1992-1996. Very special approach and takeoff and i remember we did a lot of go arounds due to crazy weather in the bay around the city.
alooga555 I wish I could have flown into Kai Tak, as a passenger or a pilot. But sadly, neither ever worked out. But it still lives on in infinite flight!
@@z54964380 Technically Malaysia Airlines is still a great airline because they still have the best trained pilots, best in maintaining their aircrafts and top notch cabin crew service... but not in reputation. reputation was tarnished due to those 2 ill-fated incidents which was NOT the airlines' FAULT...
@@Sleepyhead101 Leading edge of the GE's nacelles are wider. The nozzles on the PWs are stubbier, less straight than the GEs. You can also use the spinner spirals to differentiate them. Noise-wise, the GEs are more high pitched than the PWs. You can hear the pitch throughout the video when the pilots are adjusting the thrust, even more so when the thrust reversers kick in 2:40-2:55.
Fascinating footage........I can’t believe than any airline (especially an Asian one) , would play music like that in the cabin on landing approach.... 1920’s trad Jazz ......aaah
I've never been in Kai Tak, only the newer International Airport(VHHH), but I'd love to visit Kai Tak if I were born a bit earlier. However, I will always miss those beautiful Cathay Pacific B747-400s in Kai Tak and International
This video didn't do justice. I lived outside the Kowloon wall city in one of those 4-story building less than one mile from the airport in 1963. A cockpit view would have shown the Pan AM 747 headed straight to the north Flag mountain and turned 360 degree at the checkerboard, and crabbing down onto the runway. Years later I was working as an ME in Being Everett factory on 747-8, 777, 787.
Oh my... this must be the Mike Hotel batch of 747-400s... because all four 9M-MHL up to 9M-MHO were the only ones powered by GE CF6-80C2B1F engines. For the next Batch MAS opted for PW4000 versions... Love the spool up sound of the CF6s... really miss MAS' 747s...
I remember even I was 4 yrs old. I accidentally pooped a tiny finger of chocolate on the lavatory floor, anxiety in plane perhaps. Mom had to clean my ass and a tiny bit of the floor in lavatory. 1992 summer. As soon the 747 plane landed, inside air was still cold the door opened! The heated tarmac with the scorching heat and intense sun shining on skin immediately felt like, the plane opened a gate of hell! Remember on that scorching day with kerosine air, I jumped one step at a time from the passenger boarding stairs to the busses and to the terminal.
CF6 engines on this one! The 747-4H6 has probably long been sent for scrap since. (although some have been converted into freighters and still fly as of 2022). Malaysia Airlines also had PW4056 powered 747-4H6's.
Nice. Flew into and out of there during its last week of operation. Quite sad that they closed it instead of (similar to skypark subang Malaysia) making it into a smaller aviation hub serving smaller and private planes. They basically didn't know what to do with it and eventually made it into a cruise terminal.
@@fieldaviation3718 not really, bearing in mind that during 73 years of operation, two or three relatively major incidents happened during landing, and that was mostly due to poor weather conditions.
Tal Ionescu man, there’s was almost an accident per year with deaths in every accident at one point. Very unsafe airport especially for emergencies etc.
Then again, you have to remember that this place was plagued with many issues, such as noise pollution, safety hazards (especially on the approach), too small terminal, etc. But hell, even I wish that the place was still running. A better idea than shutting the place completely would have been to retain the place even after Chek Lap Kok Airport opened, meaning that although there still were noise pollution issues, at least Hong Kong had two airports to soak up future demand. And of course that unique Runway 13 approach would have been retained :)
@@MR-im4og oh no, I know it is, I never got to do it live but what I was saying was that I have seen many other videos where the turn and manouvers are very dramatic. This particular one seemed not as much
One thing I found hard to believe that what kind of agreement did China and England had back then for a century that they just couldn’t agreed upon building safer airport that might have helped making the lives of both the pilots and passengers from the both nations easier, but they preferred to risk their lives by allowing extremely dangerous landing for decades. Hmmm
cuz this seat not facing hill, that's why you won't saw that turn in approaching.. You noticed that how close that wing towards that building didn't you?
Besides, you have to consider yourself privileged that you even flew into this place. Us younglings will have no chance of experiencing such an approach unless it's in a heavily modded simulator.
Miss flying into Kai Tak. Did it once a month with BA between 1992-1996. Very special approach and takeoff and i remember we did a lot of go arounds due to crazy weather in the bay around the city.
Did you fly over the walled city??
That's so cool ! That is really frequent, for business ?
I still remember getting ready to land at Kai Tak for the first time like yesterday, and that was nearly 30 years ago!
Man you old...
@@granter9822 I may be old, but you missed out on all the fun flying into Kai Tak.
alooga555 I wish I could have flown into Kai Tak, as a passenger or a pilot. But sadly, neither ever worked out. But it still lives on in infinite flight!
Same here !!!
I remember flying from KL to HK in the 90's as a kid and was like wth, how come the buildings so close!!" Are we landing at an airport or the city??
*"Kai Tak approach, with engines!"*
Jesus, I'd hope so!!
Odhrán 😭😂
@@ameeraffiq7134 whats with the crying emoji
At the time when Malaysia Airlines was a Legend
It still is
@@DanielLimJJ It is my ass, ain't no way I'll hop on any Malaysian Airliner
It still is a legend, just not quite the same type of legend.
@@z54964380 I was on Malaysian a week after MH370 from Hong Kong to KL and back, no problems at all
@@z54964380 Technically Malaysia Airlines is still a great airline because they still have the best trained pilots, best in maintaining their aircrafts and top notch cabin crew service... but not in reputation. reputation was tarnished due to those 2 ill-fated incidents which was NOT the airlines' FAULT...
i love the fact music is being played in the cabin as its approaching
Imagine getting on this plane and not knowing what the approach into Kai Tak was gonns be like 😳
Doesn’t get much better than a 747 approach and landing at Kai Tak.
Concord approach
wow.. this was their first batch boeing 747-4H6 powered by GE CF6-80C engines... Before they changed to 747-4H6 with Pratt Whitney PW4506 models
You know your engines. Do you work for MH?
How do you distinguish between them tbh
@@Sleepyhead101 Leading edge of the GE's nacelles are wider. The nozzles on the PWs are stubbier, less straight than the GEs. You can also use the spinner spirals to differentiate them. Noise-wise, the GEs are more high pitched than the PWs. You can hear the pitch throughout the video when the pilots are adjusting the thrust, even more so when the thrust reversers kick in 2:40-2:55.
@@qwertyytrewq9570 cool, thanks for the info👍
Fascinating footage........I can’t believe than any airline (especially an Asian one) , would play music like that in the cabin on landing approach.... 1920’s trad Jazz ......aaah
Wanted to remind people of the cantina scene
Its probably a flight coming in from the US
For such an airport where buildings are literally 100ft from the wingtip when planes fly in, it's a tad inappropriate, isn't it?
Diogo Pinto it was a Malaysia Airlines 747 from Kuala Lumpur
It's a simulation.
hats off to pilots who did this, and who made it look so comfortable
yes, 100's of brilliant crews all those incredible years !!!
Thanks for the memory. I was a passenger landing and taking off there a few times in the 90's. It was always exciting.
Thanks for the comments! That landing is MOST dramatic in front of the wing on a 4-engine. I sure do miss Kai Tak.
🙏👍
Where is it flying from?
@@owen3drblx661 Kuala Lumpur
@@MR-im4og subang Airport right?
Yes - Subang. That was just a few months before they moved most operations to Sepang.
One of my favourite landings in the world.
Try Saba.
@@westerlywinds5684eh kinda boring
Excellent to demonstrate how B747 wing slat interlocking with engine reverser operation.
I've never been in Kai Tak, only the newer International Airport(VHHH), but I'd love to visit Kai Tak if I were born a bit earlier. However, I will always miss those beautiful Cathay Pacific B747-400s in Kai Tak and International
I used to run and exercise at that park at 2:01 .. Thanks for the video
I remember flying from KL to HK in the 90's as a kid and was like wth, how come the buildings so close!!"
I remember those old school pictures of Hong Kong with a 747 right above the buildings in the city streets, gave it such an awesome vibe
I love this stuff so much. Beautiful approach, catchy music: this is the life!
I live under the old flight path where they made the turn and you can see my little building in this video :o thanks for sharing!
Was the walled city near you?
Awesome video! Really cool to see the approach from inside the plane =D
Love that landing music
This video didn't do justice. I lived outside the Kowloon wall city in one of those 4-story building less than one mile from the airport in 1963. A cockpit view would have shown the Pan AM 747 headed straight to the north Flag mountain and turned 360 degree at the checkerboard, and crabbing down onto the runway.
Years later I was working as an ME in Being Everett factory on 747-8, 777, 787.
This clip is one of the clearest n best Kai Tak landing memories.
Oh my... this must be the Mike Hotel batch of 747-400s... because all four 9M-MHL up to 9M-MHO were the only ones powered by GE CF6-80C2B1F engines. For the next Batch MAS opted for PW4000 versions... Love the spool up sound of the CF6s... really miss MAS' 747s...
Real flying by the seat of your pants and a huge checkerboard on a mountain. The good old days of dangerous airports and huge jets
Quite the beautiful approach
Those turns through the city in a 747 were crazy like hell...
such a wonderful memories of malaysia airline, good job
My grandma always told me when she flew into Kai Tak, she could see people's dinner through the windows
I remember even I was 4 yrs old.
I accidentally pooped a tiny finger of chocolate on the lavatory floor, anxiety in plane perhaps.
Mom had to clean my ass and a tiny bit of the floor in lavatory.
1992 summer.
As soon the 747 plane landed, inside air was still cold the door opened! The heated tarmac with the scorching heat and intense sun shining on skin
immediately felt like, the plane opened a gate of hell!
Remember on that scorching day with kerosine air, I jumped one step at a time from the passenger boarding stairs to the busses and to the terminal.
CF6 engines on this one! The 747-4H6 has probably long been sent for scrap since. (although some have been converted into freighters and still fly as of 2022). Malaysia Airlines also had PW4056 powered 747-4H6's.
Great video
I was there in 1980 n 1985. Kai tak landing from Malaysia. I m now 56 .
never know MH operated a GE powered 747-400, good video
FarhanAxiq it’s a Pratt and Whitney turbofan. I believe it’s Qantas that operates General Electric engines
@@MalaysianAviator737-8 nope, it's GE - notice the exhaust has a sharp tip, and the GE sound have a distinct thrust reverse sound.
FarhanAxiq i see. Never knew MAS operated GE
@@MalaysianAviator737-8 MAS used some of the 747-400/M variant with the CF6s yeah - for quite a while
9M-MH(n) registered 744s had the GEs
Great video! Hey I'm currently working on a video project and I'm wondering if you can give me permission to feature this video in it.
Never fails to amaze me. I wish I could have experienced it. Maybe one day I can experience it in a professional simulator
verry nice . 5 star movie
Watch this with the 4:15-4:35 keyboard segment of "Riders on the Storm" and you've got a real treat.
Once of the most challenging landings!
Thank you!
Amazing
Smooth landing there
Excellent video, good work.
It's Kai Tak - the turn is happening where you see the football pitch going by.
Just be sure not to kick a football into an engine!
The football pitches were, Fahui, Airforce, Ground force, and Kowloon Tsai Park.
Give those pilots and planes a work out! I wish I could experienced that. Especially a night landing in heavy rain!
Did not know that the front leading slats retracted just after the plane landed thought they were put away after getting off the runway
Kai Tak approach using Runway 13 was both my excitement and fear especially during bad weather.
Amazing well captured!
How do you keep the camera so still on touchdown? Do you use some kind of tripod?
No. Just hand held. I guess it was a smooth touchdown.
Fantastic MAS!
amazing video
Back then when there are no traces of iPhone and youtube
I can name all the places in the video and so missed the old airport !
Good job Malaysia Airlines!
Sick landing there
Outstanding!
AMAZING!
how on earth is the camera so stable??
Great sight:)
Excellent 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Nice. Flew into and out of there during its last week of operation. Quite sad that they closed it instead of (similar to skypark subang Malaysia) making it into a smaller aviation hub serving smaller and private planes.
They basically didn't know what to do with it and eventually made it into a cruise terminal.
Nice view
Now it is a cruise ship terminal
IT’S LIT!!!!!
Great
Gee I hope the plane is with engines
How the hell did you keep the camera so steady?!
Cool!
Too bad they had to close down such a unique, authentic airport.
Well its quite dangerous when approaching the airplane was really close to building
@@fieldaviation3718 not really, bearing in mind that during 73 years of operation, two or three relatively major incidents happened during landing, and that was mostly due to poor weather conditions.
Tal Ionescu man, there’s was almost an accident per year with deaths in every accident at one point. Very unsafe airport especially for emergencies etc.
Then again, you have to remember that this place was plagued with many issues, such as noise pollution, safety hazards (especially on the approach), too small terminal, etc. But hell, even I wish that the place was still running. A better idea than shutting the place completely would have been to retain the place even after Chek Lap Kok Airport opened, meaning that although there still were noise pollution issues, at least Hong Kong had two airports to soak up future demand. And of course that unique Runway 13 approach would have been retained :)
Kai Tek airport is no longer in existence.
Lol thought it was filmed in the 80s. Doesn't look like 98.
This was before aliens declared war on them
That scared the HELL out of me😱
Imagine that at night! Must have been scenes out of TRON :O
toncontin is one of the airports remotely similar to the Kai Tak Approach
hi can I use your video to make comparison video for flight simulator 2020?
Sure! Thanks for watching.
3:28
why the slats retracted on the touch down
Feature of the 747, to prevent damage from fod I believe
that honestly didn't look that dramatic, (the turn)
Have you done it live? That might make a difference. It was very dramatic - like you were going to crash.
@@MR-im4og oh no, I know it is, I never got to do it live but what I was saying was that I have seen many other videos where the turn and manouvers are very dramatic. This particular one seemed not as much
Better than any amusement park ride. :)
Glad they had engines this time.
a bit late touchdown for my opinion but managed it anyways...
Negaraku Tampa tumpaya daraku
Aw RIP
Anyone know why the krugers retract after touchdown, the extend again? No guesses, just real answers.
I think it's to avoid getting blasted by the reversers.
@@watsonf3b Neat! Did some Googling, you appear to be right.
Hmmmm are you trying to say a 747 have no engines??? 😏
Time to land....don't enter the cockpit or else!😄😄
20 ys ago :)
#Iwishkaitakwastilloperating:(
I started getting anxiety at 2:10
Last days
One thing I found hard to believe that what kind of agreement did China and England had back then for a century that they just couldn’t agreed upon building safer airport that might have helped making the lives of both the pilots and passengers from the both nations easier, but they preferred to risk their lives by allowing extremely dangerous landing for decades. Hmmm
it was soft
When Malaysia was an Asian country not Arab country
max factor Arab is asian too. Dont sleep during geography class
idiot
U know what I mean.. you are just Ignorant
Malaysian pilots can't land easily on Kai Tak, they'll crash easily!
Malaysian pilots: Easy!
Ia really kay Tak???? No turn in aproaching. 747 Wiethorn winglets.... Is really Kay Tak????
cuz this seat not facing hill, that's why you won't saw that turn in approaching.. You noticed that how close that wing towards that building didn't you?
Kai tak elden gidiyeah
Great airline which was destroyed by corruptors
Besides, you have to consider yourself privileged that you even flew into this place. Us younglings will have no chance of experiencing such an approach unless it's in a heavily modded simulator.
Exactly, need that mod download link
fast