North Star Over my Shoulder:
On page 390 of his autobiography " North Star Over my Shoulder a Flying Life " TWA Captain Bob Buck has a few words to say about RW13 Kai Tak. He mentions Stonecutters, the Chequerboard, the tight turn over apartments with washing drying on the balconies and the satisfaction of rolling level straight down the centreline. He goes on to say-- Quote " after a long boring flight from Bangkok this stired the blood and got you up on the edge of the seat- careful but barnstorming with a Boeing 707 having old style fun. That's all gone now, with a new airport built away from these problems, just another dull airport with proper, boring approaches. But there's a brotherhood of pilots who flew in and out of Kai Tak, and when any of us come together there's lots of talk, tales and laughter." Unquote.
It's a truly good description of landing on RW 13 Kai Tak but it was necessary to actualy do it to really understand just how special it all was. Those who did it on a daily basis would know about this.
O.P.