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I took the pictures below last year from Kai Tak Airport Photo Exhibition at Mikiki, San Po Kong. Before the Airport’s closure, I was still very little living in Sham Shui Po. Even though I had never been to the Airport, I was amazed by aeroplanes and engine noise flying over my head. The rest of my impression about Kai Tak is from TV dramas and movies.
Do you have special memories or nostalgia with Kai Tak?
my plane flew so low ...
here's one memory -> my plane was approaching kai tak for landing in early 90s. it was flying so low, i could see what was on the televisions in the residential buildings that we were zipping by!
such a unique memory
It is such a unique memory that I would never ever have, since I was very little when Kai Tak Airport was still there! I could only experience the feeling of flying so low on TV or movies.
people used to cry their eyes out at Kai Tak
in the 70s when i was a child, hk people didn't fly as much. lots of people cried their eyes out sending off their families at kai tak. back then, it could be a few years before you'd see them again
i always thought airports were romantic for that reason...
a place of affection and emotion
yes exactly. Back then there was no facebook, IG. Even long distance call was not affordable. I could only imagine the emotional and romantic scenes of goodbye from old TV dramas and movies.
The interior photos of the airport are also very rare nowadays. They become only the memories of those who had been to the airport.