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1960 Chequer board hill with radar unit on top
Chequer board hill with radar unit on top

1961 1961 Kai Tak Airport Temporary Control Tower


1972 Kai Tak Airport-chequer board-west facing side-idj pic.
Kai Tak Airport-chequer board-west facing side-idj pic.

1974 1974 Checkerboard Hill


1975 1975 kowloon
1975 kowloon

1976 1970s Kai Tak Runway
1970s Kai Tak Runway

1977 Flying Doctor Trip. Kowloon City. 24:11:1977 (3).jpg
Flying Doctor Trip. Kowloon City. 24:11:1977 (3).jpg

1979 Approaching Kai Tak 1979 (3)
Approaching Kai Tak 1979 (3)

1979 Approaching Kai Tak 1979 (2)
Approaching Kai Tak 1979 (2)

1981 Kai Tak chequer-board at its cleanest.jpg
Kai Tak chequer-board at its cleanest.jpg

1981 Boeing 747 leaving Kai Tak
Boeing 747 leaving Kai Tak

1997 Kai Tak Airport landing sequence-panorama
Kai Tak Airport landing sequence-panorama

1998 1998 Kai Tak Airport looking towards Checkerboard Hill and Beacon Hill
1998 Kai Tak Airport looking towards Checkerboard Hill and Beacon Hill

1998 1998 Kai Tak Airport from Checkerboard Hill
1998 Kai Tak Airport from Checkerboard Hill

1990s Kai Tak - Checkerboard Approach
Kai Tak - Checkerboard Approach

2002 Checkerboard Hillside
Checkerboard Hillside

2010 The infamous Kai Tak checkerboard


2021 Checkerboard Hill
Checkerboard Hill

2021 Freshly re-painted checkerboard
Freshly re-painted checkerboard

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