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Old 1st Dec 2013, 19:03
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mcdhu
 
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Ah - Kai Tak! I watched it being built as a kid from my bedroom in a RN block of flats on Mt Austen above the Peak Tram. Had a flight in a Tiger Moth from the old RAF Kai Tak in 1958 which my Dad, an RN doctor, arranged. Travel to and from HK was via troopship (Nevasa and Oxfordshire). Initially it was DC 6 and 7s and once the new RW was open (1959?) in came Comets and B707s. School - KGV GS was out by Kai Tak - some journey from Mt Austen daily. I feel somehow connected to HK and Kai Tak in particular.
Must revisit some time now retirement beckons!
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