We were at Kai Tak Airport in 1994 and 1998, filming airside and from their excellent spectator facilities. We made two very popular videos, that were subsequently combined into a double DVD set. Each video is now being re-released to stream, after being upgraded to wide screen high definition, using the latest Artificial Intelligence software.
The still shots displayed are from both the 1994 and 1998 videos.
The Best of Kai Tak – 1998 is available to stream now. Click on the Vimeo logo to buy for £6.95 or rent for £3.45, or at similar prices in other major currencies, if outside the UK.
The Best of Kai Tak – 1994 is not yet available to stream, but you can still buy the double DVD version of both videos for £12.95 including postage (UK customers only) direct from Avion Video, via eBay, using this link:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356731135425
From Tristars to 777s, with great airside locations and an exciting flightdeck ride on a Virgin A340 past the Checkerboard, this really was The Best of Kai Tak.
Hong Kong 98 – Last Look at Kai Tak
Filmed in June 98, only weeks before the airport closed, this spectacular video captured the latest aircraft that used Kai Tak, with A330s, A340s, 777s and MD90s featured along with a strong cast of 747s -over 30 of them!
With superb airside locations and shots of the airport from a helicopter, you get to see that unique curved approach from five different viewpoints.
That’s not all! We take you onto the flightdeck of a Virgin Atlantic A340, at 21,000ft – just as it begins its descent down to that famous curved approach, past the Chequerboard, to Runway 13.
Great action shots from a unique airport that’s gone for ever, featuring over 100 aircraft and 50 airlines including:
A330s: Malaysia, Korean Air, Dragonair, Garuda, Thai, PAL.
B777s: Thai, China Southern, Cathay, ANA, Emirates.
China Northern MD90.
Cathay ‘Spirit of Hong Kong’ 747, Cathay 777-300
Kampuchea Tristar.
Air China Hercules
JAS A300
UPS ‘Olympic’ 747
China Southern A320
China Airlines 737
China Eastern A340, MD90 & MD11
Over 30 more 747s
Hong Kong 94
Its Tristar time at Kai Tak in this 1994 video, with aircraft from both Cathay and Dragonair. Most of Cathay’s aircraft are in their old colours, as are those of China Airlines and Air Hong Kong.
Filmed from three classic locations around the airport, in some excellent weather, this captured the essence of this amazing airport – now gone forever!
Aircraft featured include:
MD11s of China Eastern & Thai. Brunei 757.
China A/L & Mandarin 747SPs. Cathay & Dragonair Tristars.
DC10s of Garuda, JAL, Japan Asia & Malaysia.
Cambodia & Air Mike 727s. Vietnam 767.
A300s of China Eastern, Garuda, Thai & PAL.
747s of JUST, JAL, Polar, Tower, Evergreen, UPS & Kalitta.
