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BOAC 707 G-APFG leaving Kai Tak Apron - c.1966

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BOAC 707 G-APFG leaving Kai Tak Apron - c.1966
Submitted by harryhktc

Looks like a DC3 Dakota in the background.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Saturday, January 1, 1966
Gallery: 
1960s Hong Kong
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Submitted by marlowe on Mon, 2014-04-14 11:41.

The plane in the background is a C46 not a DC3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_C-46_Commando

Submitted by harryhktc on Mon, 2014-04-14 16:55.

Thanks for spotting that, marlowe, and the interesting link to wiki. Didn't realise the popularity of the C46.

H.

Submitted by HO Lim-peng on Tue, 2014-04-15 08:31.
I remember occasionally seeing Taiwanese Air Force C-46 aircraft at Kai Tak in the 1970s.