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Old Kai Tak airport Hong Kong

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Passengers landing in Hong Kong at the old airport were in for some drama.

https://thepointsguy.com/news/crazy-landings-at-kai-tak-airport/

 

 

Kai-Tak-2.jpg?width=700&dpr=2&auto=webp

 

superspud has recreated it for MSFS

https://flightsim.to/file/642/vhhx-kai-tak-airport-hong-kong

https://flightsim.to/profile/superspud/uploads

 

 

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Also, the checkerboard for the IGS 13 approach to Kai Tak has been repainted and restored: 

Kai-Tak-Airport-Checkerboard-Hong-Kong-R.

Another win for aviation fans!

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I would love to have flown that for real.

There's another version on there that's a fair bit better than mine, but the developer is long gone and it looks like it's slowly dying as every update breaks something new. 

I should return to mine and spruce it up really but there were some annoying quirks I couldn't cure. I will class it as being from my early 'a bit clueless' phase. 

Edited by superspud

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Still my favorite airport of all time - both in real life and in the sim.  Used to fly into Kai Tak up to 6 times a year on business.  What a thrill!

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Would love to see a properly and fully modeled Kai Tak in MSFS! This will go along great with SamScene Hong Kong!

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1 hour ago, captain420 said:

Would love to see a properly and fully modeled Kai Tak in MSFS! This will go along great with SamScene Hong Kong!

Look for it at SimMarket, published several weeks ago. Good hunt!

Cheers, Ed

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There is a freeware version I use which I consider excellent.

 

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On 7/9/2021 at 3:03 PM, captain420 said:

Would love to see a properly and fully modeled Kai Tak in MSFS! This will go along great with SamScene Hong Kong!

Ditto!

Chris Camp

So how do you use the checkerboard exactly? When do you make the 47 degree right turn? 

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With the checkerboard on the left, you fly straight, over the buildings until you are just going to pass them and reach the hill (checkerboard hill). That's when you roll right.

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On 7/9/2021 at 2:09 AM, Fielder said:

Kai-Tak-2.jpg?width=700&dpr=2&auto=webp

Anyone know what livery that is?

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1 hour ago, captain420 said:

Anyone know what livery that is?

I guess its Flying Tigers Line:

Boeing_747-249F-SCD,_Flying_Tigers_AN182

On 7/21/2021 at 8:06 AM, reignman40 said:

So how do you use the checkerboard exactly? When do you make the 47 degree right turn? 

A sim instructor in HKG told me that be at 1200' , correct speed and at the outer marker start the turn. Also another trick used by a certain airline there was to fly with about 1 dot left deviation on the PFD. This puts you closer to Lion Rock but gives a much smoother turn. I am not a pilot but did many cockpit landings in to Kai Tak in 707's 747's L1011's, A330's & A320. Always a good view.

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