Everything tagged "kai tak"

View From Kai Tak

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Hong Kong - 3 Jan 54
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thanks to hksparky for pointing these photos out... This is an unusual view - I'm wondering if it's from Stonecutters. You can see Lion Rock on the right

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1953

RAF KAI TAK Swimming Pool

RAF KAI TAK Swimming Pool

RAF Kai Tak Swimming pool diving area. IDJ

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1959

RAF KAI TAK Swimming Pool

RAF KAI TAK Swimming Pool

RAF Kai Tak swimming pool in the late 1950s. IDJ

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1959

Spitfire VN 485

Spitfire VN 485

One consequence of this aircraft being parked outside next to the noxious Kai Tak nullah was that it started to suffer badly from corrosion caused by fumes emitted from the nullah. The HKAAF hanger and facilities were then closer to the terminal area where the nullah surfaced before they moved to new premises at the other end of the runway near the taxiway bridge. IDJ

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1988

Kai Tak

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Great video if you've not seen...

Crash Jet Kai Tak Nullah

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1955 Plane crash
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I'm sure there'a couple of people here who can tell us more about this...

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

Enter the Dragon - Kai Tak

Enter the Dragon - Kai Tak
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1973

Enter the Dragon - Kai Tak

Enter the Dragon - Kai Tak
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1973

1966 Kowloon and Kai Tak

1966 Kowloon and Kai Tak

Photo courtesy of Peter Lisle-Taylor

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966

RAF Hangar location in 2008

RAF Hangar location in 2008

Photo supplied by the HKHAA. More detail here.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2008
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