As one of the RAF C130 pilots who regularly visited Hong Kong in the late 60's I remember the rumour that someone, getting as close as possible to the Checkerboard as we all did, had actually left tyre marks on it. I never noticed any myself but perhaps I was concentrating too much on the upcoming hard right turn.
It was always challenging in the "Herc" but we took our hats off to the 707 and diesel 8 barons with their greater inertia and lower manouverability.
Mind you, they probably didn't have to be trained on the Harbour Circuits and the Sek Kong recce as we did.
Anyone remember the Japanair DC8 that landed short at San Francisco? When, shortly afterwards Air traffic cleared us to land on 31 with "One Japanair ahead", the co-pilots response "Roger, landing, rolling or undershooting?" was well received by the tower!