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1935

Kai Tack aerodrome after the typhoon-slipway damaged

1937

Kai Tack aerodrome- RAF matsheds demolished by the typhoon

1937

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Old footage of Kai Tak

Submitted by philk on Tue, 05/14/2024 - 20:13

Of interest to aviation fans, there is a brief snippet of the landing sequence from the 1955 film The Night my Number Came Up on Youtube. The clip shows some rather barren Kowloon hills on the approach to runway 13.

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John HANSBURY [1916-1994]

Submitted by miyow on Sat, 06/02/2018 - 03:00

Born into a working-class family in Warrington, Northern England, John Hansbury grew up in grinding poverty among the steel mills of Lancashire (now Cheshire). He had a gift for mathematics, and was able to take advantage of scholarships to get the education necessary to become a draftsman.

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