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Old 6th Jan 2010, 02:02
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chris keeping
 
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The Hong Kong Aviaton club used to be an excellent flying club, I was a member for 33 years, unfortunately with the closure of Kai Tak it was inevitable that the momentum of operations declined somewhat as all flying had to be (and still is) conducted at Sek Kong in the New Territories a former RAF airfield now operated by the Chinese Air Force. They tend to be less than accomodating than the RAF although one has to say that at least they allow private flying to continue to some extent. As has been mentioned previously the club is expensive, as are flying fees, but then AVGAS has to be imported from Singapore amongst other considerations. I know several people who fly at Omni Aviation at Clarke Air Base, I understand that it is inexpensive to get to (round trip from Hong Kong International Airport about HK500) and flying fees are about HK$ 700 per hour. If you PM me I could put you in touch with one or to.
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