Gallery: Remembering Thrilling Landings at Kai Tak Airport

今日の英語の習慣化の週末の題材です。

気楽に記事を読んで行けば英語に慣れていきます。

今日は、知らない読者諸氏もいらっしゃると思いますが、香港のKai-Tak空港は新空港で、以前はPilotが、着陸がThrillingであると言われていた空港でした。

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Kai Tak Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925-1998. It was well known for its hair-raising aircraft landings, making it a favorite of aviation photographers and crowds alike.

Kai Tak—built on reclaimed land in Kowloon Bay opposite Hong Kong Island—was surrounded by mountainous terrain, water and eventually high-rise buildings.

Landings were technically demanding for pilots, as they could not use aircraft instruments to land. Who could forget the checkerboard approach, with the tight right-hand turn to line up for runway 13 (aka “Kai Tak heart attack”), and passengers at the right-hand windows looking right into people’s lounge rooms?

It was pleasing to learn recently that the famous Checkerboard Hill itself was being renovated.