November 4, 20223 yr The landing approach using runway 13 at Kai Tak in Hong Kong was spectacular and world-famous. To land on runway 13, an aircraft first took a descent heading northeast. The aircraft would pass over the crowded harbour, and then the very densely populated areas of Western Kowloon. This leg of the approach was guided by an IGS (Instrument Guidance System, a modified ILS) after 1974. Upon reaching a small hill marked with a checkerboard in red and white, used as a visual reference point on the final approach (in addition to the middle marker on the Instrument Guidance System), the pilot needed to make a 47° visual right turn to line up with the runway and complete the final leg. The aircraft would be just two nautical miles (3.7 km) from touchdown, at a height of less than 1,000 feet (300 m) when the turn was made. Typically the plane would enter the final right turn at a height of about 650 feet (200 m) and exit it at a height of140 feet (43 m) to line up with the runway. This manoeuver has become widely known in the piloting community as the "Hong Kong Turn" or "Checkerboard Turn". Following on from my last post, here are some screenshots of the 'Checkerboard'. I hope they are of interest 🙂.
November 4, 20223 yr i have to sleep/think/remember about the above .... there was not that much "highrise" near KT in '96. for now, cheers john martin
November 4, 20223 yr Cool!! Brings back many happy memories 😉 Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
November 4, 20223 yr Author 1 hour ago, vadriver said: i have to sleep/think/remember about the above .... there was not that much "highrise" near KT in '96. I too have spent a while remembering various places and seeing if they were included in the scenery. Good memories 🙂.
November 4, 20223 yr Author 51 minutes ago, bernd1151 said: Cool!! Brings back many happy memories 😉 Thanks Bernd. Having only purchased it this week, I have yet to try a 'proper' landing on Runway 13 in a 747 or similar 🙂.
November 4, 20223 yr And another fine set.. cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
November 4, 20223 yr Author 44 minutes ago, pmplayer said: And another fine set.. cheers 😉 Thank you kindly 🙂.
November 4, 20223 yr Absolutely terrific Paul. What an amazing this that was back then, a couple of checkerboards on a hill to help a multimillion dollar plane land. I love it. Jack Sawyer
November 5, 20223 yr Author 6 hours ago, Jack_Sawyer said: Absolutely terrific Paul. What an amazing this that was back then, a couple of checkerboards on a hill to help a multimillion dollar plane land. I love it. Thanks Jack. I can still remember the first time that I flew there 🙂.
November 5, 20223 yr Beautiful! Great shots! Laminar Research customer -- Asobo/MS customer -- not an X-Aviation customer - or am I? 😉
November 5, 20223 yr I enyoyed your post Paul with it's interesting info and images. A city that was on my list of places to visit but due to circumstances I don't think I will get there.
November 5, 20223 yr Author 1 hour ago, VH-KDK said: I enyoyed your post Paul with it's interesting info and images. A city that was on my list of places to visit but due to circumstances I don't think I will get there. Thanks Martyn. I travelled there a number of times in the nineties. But I expect that it is quite different now 🙂.
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