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08-17-2009, 05:09 PM
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Re: Video From Kai Tak Airport
the planes used to fly over my building complex's swimming pool while they were coming in for landing in Hong Kong, used to be amazing I have some good videos I made from the park round the corner from where I lived. check this out too http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...-1993-a-12776/ |
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08-17-2009, 06:31 PM
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Re: Video From Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak airport (also known as the Hong Kong International Airport) was the main international airport of Hong Kong for over 70 years until its closure in 1998. The only runway it had stretched out into the harbour, with a high density of buildings and mountains in close proximity, combined with tricky crosswinds, landing at Kai Tak was infamously difficult.
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08-17-2009, 07:33 PM
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Re: Video From Kai Tak Airport
Never got to fly into Kai Tak.  There's so much great footage from there though, I spend hours and hours checking it all out. |
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08-18-2009, 07:03 PM
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Re: Video From Kai Tak Airport
There is a big difference in the landing gear of a B-52 compaired to all the commercial aircraft. The B-52 landing gear greatly eases the problems posed by crosswind landings. Both the front and rear bogies can be set at angles of as much as 20° to either side of the straight-ahead position. In a crosswind landing, consequently, the aircraft can be headed directly into the wind while rolling down a runway not aligned with the wind.
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