We were friends of Captain Charles ( Chic ) Ether. He was also my Judo Instructor when i was a youngster. He had a fascinating life as a Pilot with Cathay Pacific. My Father was an Air Traffic Controller at Kai Tak from 1961-1980
Fascinating packing of 50 plus years of history into less than 20 minutes. Thanks for posting this. Just yesterday I had run across fact that the very first commercial airline hijacking was of a Cathay Pacific plane in late 40's, and then I ran across this looking for videos of Kai Tak, and this film ended up being so very much more. Worth the time to watch the whole thing.
5:18 if one did a history on CX HKG-MNL they had a head start over PR on that route because they did HKG Kai Tak to Sydney Kingsford Smith via Vilamor AFB MNL. Competition with them and Philippine airlines started on September 5th 1946. These days Farrell and De Kanzow's airline beats the Filipino flag carrier on HKG-MNL and it's ULH versions MNL-HKG-YYZ/JFK/EWR.
Oh wow I’m the crew in the first 20 seconds of the documentary. How time flies. It was 1998 February when I was still with CX.
Wow! It must have been a great time back then!😃
must be very cool to see yourself in a documentary.
Pretty cool to see yourself so long ago
I remember buying that VHS tape from the CX cabin crew when I was like 12 years old. Good memories.
We were friends of Captain Charles ( Chic ) Ether. He was also my Judo Instructor when i was a youngster. He had a fascinating life as a Pilot with Cathay Pacific. My Father was an Air Traffic Controller at Kai Tak from 1961-1980
Very nice video. I flew a corporate BAC 1-11 into Kai Tak a few times in my career. The most fun and scariest approach Ive ever made.
The most exciting approach into the most exciting city...
Thank you for sharing the history of Cathy Pacific and the opportunity to meet the children of its owner.
Fascinating packing of 50 plus years of history into less than 20 minutes. Thanks for posting this. Just yesterday I had run across fact that the very first commercial airline hijacking was of a Cathay Pacific plane in late 40's, and then I ran across this looking for videos of Kai Tak, and this film ended up being so very much more. Worth the time to watch the whole thing.
absolutely incredible ... wonderfully exhilarating ... truly remarkable history of a most unique locale ... did it 7 times, still want more !!!
the music in this whips so hard
Awesome documentary! Thanks for posting:) Liked!
Thanks and you're welcome! :)
Great documentary. Thanks
Thank you very much for uploading this. Very interesting!
You're welcome! :)
Brilliant! Thx for sharing...
Great documentary, Thanks!
Interesting! :) Thanks for uploading!
5:18 if one did a history on CX HKG-MNL they had a head start over PR on that route because they did HKG Kai Tak to Sydney Kingsford Smith via Vilamor AFB MNL. Competition with them and Philippine airlines started on September 5th 1946. These days Farrell and De Kanzow's airline beats the Filipino flag carrier on HKG-MNL and it's ULH versions MNL-HKG-YYZ/JFK/EWR.
I was pilot commander,, now retired.
Wow!
The music used at the end is bloody brilliant! Does anyone know its name?
No
walking on the wing can be slippery because its glossy metal
_Too bad McLane!_
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Don't know if B-HKG had ever been to CLK for training before its retirement...
Fuuuuuck this is a classic
Sadly, today, they are struggling to survive….
Why are they having so many problems even with the recovery of other airlines? Is it HK's draconian policies?
@@visionist7huh huh
wow, the first 14 seconds is so horrible
I am a pilot