I am about to make another video flight from Manila to Hong Kong (Kai Tak). A lovely short flight for a 747 (1hr 30min) which will be the full flight with a dusk arrival (As FT's Kai Tak really is incredibly beautiful at dusk IMO)
edetroit wrote:I am about to make another video flight from Manila to Hong Kong (Kai Tak). A lovely short flight for a 747 (1hr 30min) which will be the full flight with a dusk arrival (As FT's Kai Tak really is incredibly beautiful at dusk IMO)
Oh yes please!!!!! When I was with BA we used to operate those 'shuttles' from Kai Tak to Manila and back and I sat on the flight deck several times for the evening landing into Kai Tak. So that I want to relive very much indeed!
That shot towards the end of the Cathay 747 is "as real as it gets", i have a couple of VHS tapes from 96 & 98 and that shot i could say came from one of those real life landings,
As much as i don't want to admit it but you make that first landing look Easy its was bit hit and miss with me at times when i had 9 Dragons in F9,
Cheers,
Roger.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Proof if needed that I don't always get it right and that Kai Tak is not a jump in and fly approach but needs a lot of practise. lol (At least I had the inside track)