Everything tagged "Concorde" | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Everything tagged "Concorde"

Primary tabs

1980s Kai Tak Airport and HAECO

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 2017-11-05 16:08
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1985

Can't remember the exact date. Two Concordes parked outside HAECO.

Concorde-1st visit-evening floodlit display & gathering-Novenber 1976

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2016-07-09 20:47
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1976

image from The Aviation Club magazine.

Note French & British flags at the top of each of the airstairs

Concorde-1st visit-taxying in & parking-November 1976-Aviation Club magazine

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2016-07-09 20:43
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1976

photocopied images from The Aviation Club magazine

First Day Cover - Concorde's Surprise Visit to Hong Kong

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2016-07-09 15:27
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1975

Concorde's-1st visit-Imelda Marcos arrival-Nov-1976

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2016-07-08 21:13
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1976

Arthur Hacker wrote about the event- see

http://www.scmp.com/article/50667/another-day

1985 BA Concorde Arrival at Kai Tak

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 2016-07-08 06:36
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1985
Places shown in this photo: 
Kai Tak Airfield / Airport [????- ]

Concorde-F-BTSC- first visit to Hong Kong-1976

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2016-07-08 02:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1976

I recall that while the Concorde was in Manila its sales team were persuaded to fly the President’s wife Imelda Marcos up to Hong Kong. This was a day earlier than Concorde’s scheduled visit. She duly arrived at short notice at Kai Tak airport which must have given the HK government’s protocol staff near heart-attacks.

Concorde-F-BTSC- first visit coming over the airport's threshold-1976

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2016-07-08 02:46
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1976

Taken from nearby the Aviation Club

Concorde-F-BTSC-first visit-1976-over Kowloon City

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2016-07-08 02:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1976

Its impending visit to Hong Kong must have been well publicised as my employer arranged an open house party for colleagues on the flat roof of an industrial building overlooking the runway near Kai Tak to see Concorde arrive. It was a hot and hazy Saturday afternoon and the event created a lot of interest and excitement.

Concorde's first visit to Hong Kong-harbour low level fly-by-1976

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2016-07-08 02:38
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1976

On October 19 1976, Concorde F-BTSC with captains Jean Franchi and Gilbert Defer departed Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris on the start of a sales tour taking it to the Far East. The tour would cover 30,922 miles visiting Bahrain, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Djakarta, Seoul and London before returning to Paris.

Pages

Subscribe to Everything tagged "Concorde"