Started by Kate Lindqvist (@concrete_kate) ·
Kai Tak's checkerboard approach
747s doing a 47 degree turn at low altitude right over apartment buildings, aiming at a literal checkerboard painted on a hill. Old videos are unreal.
4 sources · 29 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “kai tak checkerboard approach cockpit”
- Ended at
- Hong Kong International Airport
The Trail
- “kai tak checkerboard approach cockpit” (youtube.com)
- Kai Tak Airport (en.wikipedia.org)
- Kowloon Walled City (en.wikipedia.org)
- Hong Kong International Airport (en.wikipedia.org)
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