So sad to see this video. I miss Kai Tak very much. I often flew this approach in the jump seat of a Cathay Pacific 747-400 on CX881 from LAX or an old L1011 Tristar on CX421 from SEL. It was magic and one of the reasons I loved and still love Hong Kong. Nothing beats the view from the air. Some of the best memories of my life.
Even though I have never had a flight land in Kai Tak, the airport seemed like a great place, and the skillful turn that led to the rapid descent of the plane mustve taken years to master. Too bad this place isn't still in operation, 'cause I would definately go.. :')
Great video. I have been watched this video over and over for years. I am wondering if you might be able to fill in the original soundtrack that came with this video? That old song about missing someone. In reference to the last night at Kai Tak? Airboyd has the best aerial videos on Youtube bar none.
Bad camera view! Just lousy.. wasted. He he simply blew the chance of an interesting night cockpit landing in Kai Tak, instead focused his cam on the side for for supposed spectacular view. If that's his intention he was wasting or blew his chance being in the cockpit and better he'd stayed in the ordinary window side passenger seat.
all people is not equal under the communism china,most of people is so poor,but major communist has so many privilege,car house food etc etc,,,,,,major communist in china just want to keep those privilege,so that why they killed historical amount of their citizen,its typical characteristic of communism,communist kill their against people without any permission necessary,china is perfectly lawless zone,chinese communist party killed historical amount of people for keep major communist`s privilege
I woulad've cried to be that pilot. God damn it.. he was writing the final page of a history book and he didin't even know it.. :D.. will gonna miss u kaitak.. :(
"I am after such a landing not in the position, to stand up, or such any thing to do, and have a must and a need, that someone comes to me, takes my hand, and leads me through the cockpits-door and passengers-door, and leads, through taxi and hotelservice, to my hotelroom..."
Thank you, for paying attention, a anomym pilot,
in his Name and Elia, the tischbiter nahme, Amen...
Awesome to see the illusion that you're landing over the city itself. Of course, as an Island that it is, there mustn't be plenty of room available for an airport, so it's close to the city. I liked your recording despite of the way it was done. I see what your interest was on this case, and I agree.
I have done a simulator landing at Kai Tak, It has always been my dream to actually land at there, unfortunately it will never happen. Thank you for your excellent posts.
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WOW..!!! Incredible, I never got to do a Night landing there, Always got there in mid morning. We use to lay over there a week at a time and I have spent many hours up at the Checker Board.
WOW..!!! Incredible, I never got to do a Night landing there, Always got there in mid morning. We use to lay over there a week at a time and I have spent many hours up on the hill park at the Checker board snapping photos of the planes turning overhead. My last trip in there was late 1997.
A very nice video! Being it was the last night the airport was open, that had to have been a little emotional for the crew of the plane if not the people in ATC. That was cool that you also got that plane taking off after this one landed. Superb job on filming this!
wondering if the airport will be used as a training facility or a rehab center for that part of china? Right in the middle of an active shipping port, glad to see this video!!
@stan6cv Tegucigalpa's Toncontin approach requres a sharp turn to short final, as well as Washington Regan Regional's runway 19 approach (river visual). I also think Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport has somewhat of a sharp turn into short final from what i understand
@AARedSox327 Madeira Runway (8 i think) has a quite sharp turn with lead in lights, so does runway 13L/R for Canarsie VOR approach and Nice Cote D'azur in france for its riviera approach has a turn but not as sharp.
@heywatchme101 It's right next to Downtown Kowloon, so the noise factor will be unbearable to the residents around that area. Also, the distance to residential area (i.e. 0 Nautical Miles) itself is a danger to the people.
FINALLY, the only reason you didn't manage to ruin this videos by zooming it during a landing is because you were too late. You were about to, you though about it.
I have never seen someone with so many great videos who has managed to ruin all of them by using the STUPID zoom. I really don't care what your excuse is, using that stupid zoom is just plain dumb.
You'd think you'd learn after your first one, but noooo, not you, by God you're going to break that wall with your head, LOL, ahh geez
yes they were from camera flashes, thousands of people gathered around Kai Tak airport during the day of closure and taking pictures, on 6th July 1998.
@DragracingX they closed it because of capacity issues at the airport...shame...because the approach and where the airport was situated made it an unforgetable sight in Hong Kong itself :(
@DragracingX i agree...but the government in hong kong only cares about money...they decided to build a cruise terminal on the former runway of the airport...instead of utilizing it for shorter flights...sigh
@hulkhogan88888 thats stupid.. destroy one of the worlds most famous airports.. i dont know much about it but i bet it has a fine history or SOMETHING that matters
@SteU4IA yes, this was the final day of Kai Tak as an airport. I can still remember at that Sunday how crowded the airport was, just like every Hong Kongers came to say goodbye with her. I was a kid at that time and I asked my mother bring me to have a last visit to the airport in the afternoon :) I think most of them are came with feelings of thankful to her, like the speech made before her closure: "Goodbye Kai Tak, and thank you!"
Yea, i only had the pleasure of taking off twice and landing once at Kai tak. too bad i was only 7 and was preoccupied by other stuff. I don't remember the airport facade at all.
at 6:10, is that the runway environment strobes that curve away from the runway heading to bring arriving traffic on to the runway 13 from an 09 heading?
That is just so weird, I've only ever seen those strobes going strait out from the runway. Is that how they dud instrument approaches to avoid terrain strait off of runway 31?
@FALCO64125 Kai Tak used a special approach system called IGS. It was like an ILS, only guiding to a hill near the Airport. The approaching Aircraft had to make a right turn before landing. Those strobes are there as a visual reference.
IGS as in Instrument Guiding System rather than landing system? Did the terrain make strait in instrument approaches to the runway undo-able or unsafe?
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Unfortunately the cameraman has not much idea what's the interesting parts of such an IGS approach are. From an aviation fan's point of view he puts the focus on rather uninteresting things.
Somewhat true, but this night was not about the approach it was about the people of Hong Kong and the closing of a page in history. The approach flies over the new airport, set to open in hours, and then we arrive over Kowloon where it seemed like everyone in Hong Kong had come out to say good night to Kai Tak. I caught those flash bulbs from all over Kowloon. It was amazing. Check out my other vids for various other views of the apporach...
4:07 tung chung (in upper left corner), the "new town" created to support chek lap kok, was brand new back then. even some of the distinctive towers of coastal skyline and caribbean coast aren't there yet!
Kai-Tak and another airport in Iceland have this because of it's unique approach (due to the mountain being in the way) its called a Category 5 approach.
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several things stick out in my mind when i was in hong kong. The infared cameras that scan all bodys. drinking fountains were covered..bottle water only. the underground subway system is controlled by computers..no humans. Hong kong is what the world will become...I love south korea
Incorrect. The instrument approach for this runway was called IGS - Instrument Guidance System.
It's basically an offset ILS, complete with glideslope and all.
It's not however aligned with the rwy centerline like ILS. It just guides the crew to a point where they should see the runway and make a visual turn to line up and land.
Big city looks nice in the night, but it is so tired to live in. People get tired and live in apartments, I rather live in bush land with my private courtyard lol.
Officially, the ICAO has the UN languages, so it is not illegal to speak, for example, French. Unfortunately in France, they do speak French to French aircraft, quite rediculous because other people cannot understand it then. So some places they use other languages, but thats bad for safety.
don't hold me to it, but I believe at night a lights-out landing is required or preferred. I'm not sure, but i make mostly night flights, and all of them have lights out at least in the cabin for takeoff and landing
The approach to the new airport is nothing like Kai Tak. Kai Tak was so amazing simply because it was a fully operating international airport smack right bang in the middle of a city. As you saw in the final seconds of the descent, the buildings are very, very close to the plane. Likewise, I used to go airplane spotting in Kowloon City, you could always identify the airline from the plane's tail. The planes were just that close.
Guide lights, no kidding! I'm talking about the moments just prior to touchdown when you can see "guide lights" that happen to line up with the sidewalks on the streets as they pass by below! They are quite obviously the flashes from handheld cameras.
Seriously, man, start at 6:40 and tell me those flashes from the rooftops and the sidewalks are "guide lights" again. They're not in a straight line, and they don't lead up to a runway. What could they possibly be, I wonder?
So sad to see this video. I miss Kai Tak very much. I often flew this approach in the jump seat of a Cathay Pacific 747-400 on CX881 from LAX or an old L1011 Tristar on CX421 from SEL. It was magic and one of the reasons I loved and still love Hong Kong. Nothing beats the view from the air. Some of the best memories of my life.
drunacres 1 month ago
Even though I have never had a flight land in Kai Tak, the airport seemed like a great place, and the skillful turn that led to the rapid descent of the plane mustve taken years to master. Too bad this place isn't still in operation, 'cause I would definately go.. :')
Infinitez109 4 months ago
@Infinitez109
in zero wind no big deal. Crosswind and poor visibilty were what made it difficult.
PeterNGloor 2 months ago
I miss Kai Tak.
zenmachinefilms 5 months ago
Great video. I have been watched this video over and over for years. I am wondering if you might be able to fill in the original soundtrack that came with this video? That old song about missing someone. In reference to the last night at Kai Tak? Airboyd has the best aerial videos on Youtube bar none.
martymcfly511 8 months ago
Bad camera view! Just lousy.. wasted. He he simply blew the chance of an interesting night cockpit landing in Kai Tak, instead focused his cam on the side for for supposed spectacular view. If that's his intention he was wasting or blew his chance being in the cockpit and better he'd stayed in the ordinary window side passenger seat.
thunderdasher 8 months ago 2
@thunderdasher i thought the same mate
indahooddererste 6 months ago
@thunderdasher I think a pilot filmed this so jokes on you...
GoPensGo377 6 months ago
@GoPensGo377 This was filmed from the jumpseat (behind the CPT and FO), not from the pilots seat.
lolvks 6 months ago
Cockpit access and yet the approach up to the checkerboard and the hard right turn not filmed.
mildenhalljohn 8 months ago
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all people is not equal under the communism china,most of people is so poor,but major communist has so many privilege,car house food etc etc,,,,,,major communist in china just want to keep those privilege,so that why they killed historical amount of their citizen,its typical characteristic of communism,communist kill their against people without any permission necessary,china is perfectly lawless zone,chinese communist party killed historical amount of people for keep major communist`s privilege
77777XYZ 8 months ago
One single reason to build a time machine...
MAXwellchikenrice 8 months ago 11
So this was on 1998?
iZafTouch4G 8 months ago
does anybody else think of Bladerunner?
strokesfan1107 8 months ago
Alot of camera flashes :)
FLIGHTCOMPANY 8 months ago
Thanks for a nice vid bro :)
ftowords 9 months ago
I woulad've cried to be that pilot. God damn it.. he was writing the final page of a history book and he didin't even know it.. :D.. will gonna miss u kaitak.. :(
FSXPilotBlaze 9 months ago
"I am after such a landing not in the position, to stand up, or such any thing to do, and have a must and a need, that someone comes to me, takes my hand, and leads me through the cockpits-door and passengers-door, and leads, through taxi and hotelservice, to my hotelroom..."
Thank you, for paying attention, a anomym pilot,
in his Name and Elia, the tischbiter nahme, Amen...
RainerPoppe 10 months ago
:(
FF35Pilot 10 months ago
747 cockpit is the best looking one? It really looks like a mobile office. I love this bird.
Angolaviators 10 months ago
Awesome to see the illusion that you're landing over the city itself. Of course, as an Island that it is, there mustn't be plenty of room available for an airport, so it's close to the city. I liked your recording despite of the way it was done. I see what your interest was on this case, and I agree.
yaguarete79 10 months ago
I have done a simulator landing at Kai Tak, It has always been my dream to actually land at there, unfortunately it will never happen. Thank you for your excellent posts.
bud6346 10 months ago 2
this plane had more pictures taken than the best runway model :D
Carlos7Matute 11 months ago
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annabanna9747 11 months ago
WOW..!!! Incredible, I never got to do a Night landing there, Always got there in mid morning. We use to lay over there a week at a time and I have spent many hours up at the Checker Board.
whoflys1 11 months ago
WOW..!!! Incredible, I never got to do a Night landing there, Always got there in mid morning. We use to lay over there a week at a time and I have spent many hours up on the hill park at the Checker board snapping photos of the planes turning overhead. My last trip in there was late 1997.
whoflys1 11 months ago
Thank, you for just continuing your job
Sarratt 1 year ago
at 6:29 you can see a camer flash
MATT6heus 1 year ago
@MATT6heus You can see quite a few throughout the video
sc4portugal 1 year ago
I was on the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 in Hong Kong back in 1998, when this airport closed, it was awesome to see...
tcannariato 1 year ago
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ruined by an idiotic cameraman.
razu2444 1 year ago
I like the new airport, it is more convenient and less dangerous,
but kai tak was a airport filled with HK people's memories:D
I hope I was several years older so I could watch this...
rekhapoon1102 1 year ago
-sigh- such a beautiful airport :) i remember my father flying for United when i was 7 and i sat in the cockpit, watching him approach. :)
FlyStarAlliance 1 year ago 3
A very nice video! Being it was the last night the airport was open, that had to have been a little emotional for the crew of the plane if not the people in ATC. That was cool that you also got that plane taking off after this one landed. Superb job on filming this!
kenpalmer1965 1 year ago 2
wondering if the airport will be used as a training facility or a rehab center for that part of china? Right in the middle of an active shipping port, glad to see this video!!
garyemorin 1 year ago
It was cathay pacific
StucInThe80z 1 year ago
did you use JAL?
LegoBrick06 1 year ago
Also, does anyone notice the number of pictures taken on that landing? Look at all the flashes from the aircraft.
trechan 1 year ago
Whats the date on this?
trechan 1 year ago
Now thats what I call a night flight !
howardb42006 1 year ago
great stuff, thanks for sharing
JohnyMnemonic909 1 year ago
it looks beautiful omg. well done.
miss901 1 year ago
indeed much better without music, it is not needed.
austrorus 1 year ago 15
@austrorus no fuck you.where is the god damn music
anssari1 1 month ago
what is the difference between IGS and an IFR approach?
klmyul 1 year ago
what unit is that 60-30-10 call
mwzzhang 1 year ago
Great video
proaudiohd 1 year ago
thanks airboyd, really appreciate your cool videos
funnydogger 1 year ago
Seeing all of the flashing lights from different cameras was a real sight!
thermo1984 1 year ago 3
Nochnoy Pacifix
EspioArtwork 1 year ago
I can't believe 41 people were stupid enough to miss the thumbs up button :O
mjennings061 1 year ago
LOSE THE TELEPHOTO LENS STUFF!
AW320 1 year ago
was this the last arrival the dragon air?
a10pilot13 1 year ago
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a10pilot13 1 year ago
coool.
dbz4lifemm 1 year ago
What an approach! I never saw approach lights witn a curve (6:21)! BTW any other approaches hairier than Kai Tak?
stan6cv 1 year ago
@stan6cv TGU in Honduras.
zoobtoob 1 year ago
@stan6cv Tegucigalpa's Toncontin approach requres a sharp turn to short final, as well as Washington Regan Regional's runway 19 approach (river visual). I also think Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport has somewhat of a sharp turn into short final from what i understand
AARedSox327 1 year ago
@AARedSox327 Madeira Runway (8 i think) has a quite sharp turn with lead in lights, so does runway 13L/R for Canarsie VOR approach and Nice Cote D'azur in france for its riviera approach has a turn but not as sharp.
zaphr89 1 year ago
why did thy closed such a great airport??? somehow the new airport is boring in a wierd way.
heywatchme101 1 year ago
@heywatchme101 HKG airport could'nt expand due to the limited land-area in the kowloon bay and cope with the demand of passenger and cargo.
maxp0w3r 1 year ago
@heywatchme101 It's right next to Downtown Kowloon, so the noise factor will be unbearable to the residents around that area. Also, the distance to residential area (i.e. 0 Nautical Miles) itself is a danger to the people.
mwzzhang 1 year ago
hmm, can someone tell me what's that sound @ 7:08 ?
mistyken 1 year ago
@mistyken this is the speed brake lever. it moves from the armed into the up position.
schoderer 1 year ago
does anyone know how much a roundtrip would be from usa to hong kong ? Thx :D
Zeskents 1 year ago
FINALLY, the only reason you didn't manage to ruin this videos by zooming it during a landing is because you were too late. You were about to, you though about it.
I have never seen someone with so many great videos who has managed to ruin all of them by using the STUPID zoom. I really don't care what your excuse is, using that stupid zoom is just plain dumb.
You'd think you'd learn after your first one, but noooo, not you, by God you're going to break that wall with your head, LOL, ahh geez
DevilDog68145 1 year ago
that's absolutely amazing~!!!
sthp2002 1 year ago
oh well done boys, bravo BRAVO.
mono14 1 year ago
NO SIRVEN TUS VIDEOS K
kde18 1 year ago
what are all those flashing lights. Are those cameras?
singh5gunner 1 year ago
@singh5gunner
yes they were from camera flashes, thousands of people gathered around Kai Tak airport during the day of closure and taking pictures, on 6th July 1998.
Gcmy 1 year ago
did those people really think the flashes on their cameras would do something lol
ryan88485 1 year ago
why did they close Kai Tak again?
DragracingX 2 years ago
@DragracingX they closed it because of capacity issues at the airport...shame...because the approach and where the airport was situated made it an unforgetable sight in Hong Kong itself :(
hulkhogan88888 1 year ago
@hulkhogan88888 that is a shame.. but could they still like use it for shorter flights which dont carry as many passengers?
DragracingX 1 year ago
@DragracingX i agree...but the government in hong kong only cares about money...they decided to build a cruise terminal on the former runway of the airport...instead of utilizing it for shorter flights...sigh
hulkhogan88888 1 year ago
@hulkhogan88888 thats stupid.. destroy one of the worlds most famous airports.. i dont know much about it but i bet it has a fine history or SOMETHING that matters
DragracingX 1 year ago
LOL are those little flashes people taking pictures?
SteU4IA 2 years ago
@SteU4IA yes, this was the final day of Kai Tak as an airport. I can still remember at that Sunday how crowded the airport was, just like every Hong Kongers came to say goodbye with her. I was a kid at that time and I asked my mother bring me to have a last visit to the airport in the afternoon :) I think most of them are came with feelings of thankful to her, like the speech made before her closure: "Goodbye Kai Tak, and thank you!"
type45tomcat21 2 years ago
Yea, i only had the pleasure of taking off twice and landing once at Kai tak. too bad i was only 7 and was preoccupied by other stuff. I don't remember the airport facade at all.
SteU4IA 2 years ago
why so me have so many wise people on youtube?
nshable 2 years ago
very good entertainment
IQ20000Berta 2 years ago
at 6:10, is that the runway environment strobes that curve away from the runway heading to bring arriving traffic on to the runway 13 from an 09 heading?
That is just so weird, I've only ever seen those strobes going strait out from the runway. Is that how they dud instrument approaches to avoid terrain strait off of runway 31?
FALCO64125 2 years ago
@FALCO64125 Kai Tak used a special approach system called IGS. It was like an ILS, only guiding to a hill near the Airport. The approaching Aircraft had to make a right turn before landing. Those strobes are there as a visual reference.
NBGZerO 2 years ago
IGS as in Instrument Guiding System rather than landing system? Did the terrain make strait in instrument approaches to the runway undo-able or unsafe?
FALCO64125 2 years ago
That pretty much sums it up, yes.
NBGZerO 2 years ago
the glide slope involves a right bank
SteU4IA 2 years ago
it was visual approach?
kimi737 2 years ago
nice video 5*****Julita
JulitaSong 2 years ago
cockpit sounds way better :)
shamelesstill25 2 years ago 2
he did not make it well
fordfusion2009 2 years ago
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Unfortunately the cameraman has not much idea what's the interesting parts of such an IGS approach are. From an aviation fan's point of view he puts the focus on rather uninteresting things.
FTStratLP 2 years ago
Somewhat true, but this night was not about the approach it was about the people of Hong Kong and the closing of a page in history. The approach flies over the new airport, set to open in hours, and then we arrive over Kowloon where it seemed like everyone in Hong Kong had come out to say good night to Kai Tak. I caught those flash bulbs from all over Kowloon. It was amazing. Check out my other vids for various other views of the apporach...
airboyd 2 years ago 85
why would he add a link to video with music, this is music to my ears
Unitedastwo 2 years ago 74
Agree!
KrankesHirn 2 years ago
@Unitedastwo i agree ith you on that one
Midnightryder7 2 years ago
@Unitedastwo Me too!
shadowblade145 1 year ago
I practiced over 2 years just to make that landing perfect and finally it did!
spartan12349 2 years ago
Thanks lokalexi1, I can see that at least you agree with me that a cockpit view is another thing that what this vid shows...
Gerardius 2 years ago
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Cockpit view? the 95% of this video could be taken with a passenger view. This is a fucking waste of the opportunity of being in an airplane cockpit.
Gerardius 2 years ago
@Gerardius Well yeah I agree lol!
OkiniProductions 2 years ago
great video and camera!
sfsoundhound 2 years ago
My dream Job one day
iBuGGyLiFe1 2 years ago 5
good luck, don´t waste time and go for it.;)
bababacardi 2 years ago
Pretty cool...Thanks for the vid
TMWTim 2 years ago
4:07 tung chung (in upper left corner), the "new town" created to support chek lap kok, was brand new back then. even some of the distinctive towers of coastal skyline and caribbean coast aren't there yet!
Sassafrasican 2 years ago
LOL! Look at all those camera flash on the ground!
dallyborr 2 years ago 3
JFK VOR 13L has the lead in lights as well.
Riddle757 2 years ago
Never saw CURVED lead-in lights before!
Are they anywherelse?
Interesting seeing all the amateur photographers who do not know how to turn of their flashes.
Beautiful video
Thank you.
RWG Denver, Colorado USA
robertgift 2 years ago
Kai-Tak and another airport in Iceland have this because of it's unique approach (due to the mountain being in the way) its called a Category 5 approach.
Pkm188 2 years ago
This lights are also in Funchal, Madeira LPMA, due to mountains
flo2506HST 2 years ago
Madeira airport
nikolasdominguesduis 2 years ago
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several things stick out in my mind when i was in hong kong. The infared cameras that scan all bodys. drinking fountains were covered..bottle water only. the underground subway system is controlled by computers..no humans. Hong kong is what the world will become...I love south korea
dwwjr1961 2 years ago
okay what does hong kong have to do with south korea?
yamahonkawazuki 2 years ago 3
Awesome video!
Beautiful night landing, beautiful view of Victoria Harbour!
I miss Kai Tak!
nuliah9999 2 years ago 3
you lucky bastard..atleast you've been there once.. I soooo gotta go there even atleast once.
Immaculite 2 years ago
what aircraft is this?
KMoore175 2 years ago
It's obviously a 747, look at the cockpit when they touch down
FSXMovies 2 years ago
alt f4
riverdave7 2 years ago
Excellent!
RIP Kai Tak!!
musico81986 2 years ago 2
ILS actually, Instrument Landing System - anyways, thats wonderful footage. that airport really is nestled in with the rest of society!
dash8brj 2 years ago
Incorrect. The instrument approach for this runway was called IGS - Instrument Guidance System.
It's basically an offset ILS, complete with glideslope and all.
It's not however aligned with the rwy centerline like ILS. It just guides the crew to a point where they should see the runway and make a visual turn to line up and land.
Sha1tan 2 years ago 2
i think the hong kong tourist board should use your footage, marvellous
shadow3pne 2 years ago 5
what a view
MrSebastiansek 2 years ago 3
what is IGS....???? or they messed up instead of putting ILS... Instrument Landing System
nacho2o9 2 years ago
Instrument Guidance System
mickfs2004 2 years ago 2
Instrument Guidance System, a modified ILS, where you approach the airport at an angle, then turn towards the runway at the end.
omar2726 2 years ago
Are all those flashes around 6:20? The photographers? thats awesome lol
Goldenpanda94 2 years ago 3
I really like that airport
renobaron 2 years ago 3
wow thats really cool
likevvii 2 years ago
I love Hong Kong, such a beautiful city!
edy043 2 years ago
you clearly dont. u live in the states accoring to ur profile. Dont lie
UNCLESEANYC 2 years ago
Uncle Sean, I was born in HK, raised in NY. I go back every year, do you?
edy043 2 years ago
i apologise edy. didnt mean to offend you. no i dont but i went to Hong Kong for vacation
UNCLESEANYC 2 years ago
i just wanna say that i respect you for apologising, not alot of people on the web do that :)
wi1f 2 years ago
Kaitak, there can be only one, lol. Farewell, we miss u, curved approach, checkerboard hill, etc.
I8ASUPRAforLUNCH 2 years ago
Big city looks nice in the night, but it is so tired to live in. People get tired and live in apartments, I rather live in bush land with my private courtyard lol.
throxnet 2 years ago 8
Are all those random flashes people taking photos?
DominoFaz 2 years ago
No, its runway lights
briantwigley 2 years ago
But htey are no-where near the runway and are all dotted over the place
DominoFaz 2 years ago
read the info..". \You can see the lead-in lights as well as people photographing the plane on the last night."
vin1214 2 years ago
read the info.
vin1214 2 years ago
Hong Kong is soo beautiful at night. Daytime too!!!
Yeutti 2 years ago 2
I got a question, is the worldwide ATC communicate with aircrafts only in English?
TheAvationist 2 years ago 2
Officially, the ICAO has the UN languages, so it is not illegal to speak, for example, French. Unfortunately in France, they do speak French to French aircraft, quite rediculous because other people cannot understand it then. So some places they use other languages, but thats bad for safety.
Kaefermicha 2 years ago 2
Yes, all radio communication is in english.
pgmammo 2 years ago
Yes.
Jaspozz 2 years ago
well that's the official language of it, but often if the airplane is the national company they speak in the local language
ANEAR88 2 years ago
So sexy!! I miss Hong Kong.
Awesome video.
alldgoodnamesrgone 2 years ago
It used to be really fun landing in Hong Kong, you looked right down into the streets as you abnked right toward the runway. Very exciting.
eearata 2 years ago
why the cockpit so dark !?!
MUNI743 2 years ago
don't hold me to it, but I believe at night a lights-out landing is required or preferred. I'm not sure, but i make mostly night flights, and all of them have lights out at least in the cabin for takeoff and landing
LesPaulRokar 2 years ago
turkhish air merci
BeeMusix 2 years ago
people were taking pictures because that is the last flight before kai tak closes down
r1oot 2 years ago
God this is an awesome video... reminds me of my trip to HK last August. It was a night approach, but of course we landed in the new airport.
Aviation is the best... I wanna be a pilot :((((
farisammari 2 years ago 2
The approach to the new airport is nothing like Kai Tak. Kai Tak was so amazing simply because it was a fully operating international airport smack right bang in the middle of a city. As you saw in the final seconds of the descent, the buildings are very, very close to the plane. Likewise, I used to go airplane spotting in Kowloon City, you could always identify the airline from the plane's tail. The planes were just that close.
non2002 2 years ago 2
very nice very smooth landing very nice
KEITHRICHARDSFAN101 2 years ago
haha no, those are night approach marker strobes, you will see them on orange poles at any major airport.
2204Alpha 2 years ago
This video's are like documentary.Thank you for uploading these and pls...baby don't stop!!!
5stars sure:D
JohnyBravoSix 2 years ago
Good job dude!
unstoppablelot 2 years ago
how do they see anything man?
Giallo007 2 years ago
they don't need to see everything. they are trained to land planes in 0 visualbility.
EKGmachine 2 years ago
ILS cat III landing only with automatic landing
gogamich 2 years ago
they don't have to use that to land though right?
EKGmachine 2 years ago
instruments ........ and lots of training.
supertuber97 2 years ago
Thats cool! Nice.
ibuy4unow 2 years ago
All those camera flashes on short final! That's really cool.
iraqijew 2 years ago
those arent camare flashes these are guide lights.
mrbrookz08 2 years ago
those light are also people with camara's
mister145 2 years ago 2
Guide lights, no kidding! I'm talking about the moments just prior to touchdown when you can see "guide lights" that happen to line up with the sidewalks on the streets as they pass by below! They are quite obviously the flashes from handheld cameras.
iraqijew 2 years ago
Seriously, man, start at 6:40 and tell me those flashes from the rooftops and the sidewalks are "guide lights" again. They're not in a straight line, and they don't lead up to a runway. What could they possibly be, I wonder?
iraqijew 2 years ago
Oh ok i didnt know that you meant those but there is no reason to start crying about it.
mrbrookz08 2 years ago
ohhh, nostalgy ... wonder if those flashing lights @ 6:40 are photocameras...
polonezas 2 years ago