1936 Kai Tack Airport Main Gate

Tue, 08/23/2022 - 02:20

A rare 1936 photo of the main gate at Kai “Tack” Airport can be seen in a collection of historical photographs of the Airfield/Airport near Entrance/Exit ‘A’ in Kai Tak MTR Station.  

The man in the photo is Erik Blyth Nelson. He was posted to Hong Kong in 1934 as Assistant Superintendent of the Civil Aerodrome.

Mr Nelson passed away in 1997. He was an aviation pioneer and also helped design Kai Tak Airport in the 1930s. Mr. Nelson’s obituary in the Baltimore Sun can be read at: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-03-25-1997084079-story.html 
 

 

Date picture taken
1936
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