Sultan Ismail:
NIce story, pleased you flew the Taiping Gap just as it was flown in the days of the DC-3. As I read the description of your flight I wondered where the years had gone since I looked at that gap in the hills. I contacted an old colleague recently who also flew for Malayan Airways and he confirmed for me that the lowest level we flew through the gap was about 1100'. I remember this put rocks on three sides of the DC-3. Left side, right side and belly -!! Your photographs show the same control tower as I remember but as the buildings are a little indistinct I can't be sure if they are the same but the general outline looks as if they are. Sorry to hear about the concrete because that was not there in my days. You should have landed over it because I'm sure you could have put that eagle onto the grass so softly that it wouldn't have known it had landed. Take care. Regards,
Prince of Dzun