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C.A.A.C. H.S.Trident Aircraft B284 at Kai Tak Airport Apron

Submitted by Chinarail on Fri, 2020-05-08 13:12
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1978

Passengers boarding C.A.A.C Trident B284 from Hong Kong ( Kai Tak Airport ) to Guangzhou Baiyuan Airport on 13 December 1978. The aircraft was a new British-built Hawker-Siddley Trident registered in China as B284. It was later re-registered as B2216 when China changed to a four-digit aircraft registration system.

First-first 28 Squadron Vampire ferry flight to Hong Kong.jpg

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2019-06-23 17:07
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1951

Jet Planes For Colony

Submitted by IDJ on Wed, 2019-06-19 22:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1951

This SCMP report on RAF Vampire jet-fighters being delivered to Hong Kong quotes them staging at numerous places for fuel and rest where transiting British military aircraft would certainly not be welcome today.

Among the many pictures on Gwulo attributed to 367 Association archives there are probably images of the first RAF Vampires to join 28 Squadron at Kai Tak.

Not to be confused with the Vampire flight piloted by Squadron Leader Francis that overshot Hong Kong and landed at in China at Bias Bay in 1949.

RAF Meteors arrive for scrapping-1962.jpg

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2018-09-09 16:49
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1962

Post-dates Gordon Randall's RAF Meteor pictures

Sent up from Singapore. Seems a long way to send such aircraft just for for scrapping

SCMP report

RAF-Battle of Britain Week flypast-1956

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2017-05-15 18:15
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1956

Must have been noisy in The Pen as they flew over and rattled the tea cups

Kai Tak smoker-B727 departing

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2017-04-02 20:25
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966

It wasn't just the smoke from early jet airliners that was a problem it was also the ear piercing noise as they took off

Air Crashes HK 1950's

Submitted by harryp on Sat, 2016-05-14 17:14

Hello all,

New on here having just found this lovely site.

Just come across this site and found it fascinating. I was living in HK - (Father worked at Hong Kong Electric Co North Point) -from Dec 1949  until Feb 1954. Dad left HK in 1967.

1935 Aircraft RAF 803 Squadron, over Kowloon, Hong Kong

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2016-04-26 20:10

Text on Flickr:

Osprey machine of No 803 FF Sqd over Kowloon, other across the water, Hong Kong. (Source: The photographer)

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935
Places shown in this photo: 
The Peninsula Hotel [1927- ]
KCR Terminus, TST [1916-1978]
Tags: 
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TST
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Aircraft
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Grief on a beach-1935

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2016-04-02 21:27
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

Can anyone recognise this coastline?

Handwritten caption says "near Hong Kong"

As it is an RAF aircraft I would suggest it is a beach in Hong Kong near a village by the number of bystanders assembled

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