Last week on a slip in Hong Kong, I was looking from my hotel at where Kai Tak used to be and was remembering how it was in the late 50s to 60s. My father used to work for HAECO and quite often would take me to work. Always told not to touch anything, I would have a look around the aircraft whilst dad was working. A great time for a young lad in his early teens sitting up in the cockpit of various types including a USAF DC3, little did I know six years later I would be flying DC3s around the UK! I doubt it would happen now with today's security.
I started my aviation career at the Aero Club by getting my PPL in 68, it's hard to believe that 45 years have past. Landing off the IGS in later years was much more fun than landing at Chek Lap Kok!
mcdhu you and I were at KGV at the same time, it looks a little different these days.
Last edited by Offchocks; 1st Dec 2013 at 22:32.