I haven’t put up any RoadRich bait recently, so today is his day.
“The Story Of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport”.
I’m fairly sure this is a view from the ground of a 747 on final to Kai Tak.
And here’s a cockpit view of the Kai Tak approach.
Question for anyone who has the new Microsoft Flight Simulator: can you set up an approach and fly in to the virtual Kai Tak?
“Captain Joe” explains V1, Vr, and V2. If you watch movies (well, if you watch the kind of movies we watch) you’ll hear the pilots calling out those speeds. But what exactly are they?
“Crawl through a B-29 Superfortress IN FLIGHT!”
What is it like to punch out of an F-15 at 600 knots?
Spoiler: not fun.
I worked with a man whose father was some kind of gunner during WWII. His area was without heat, on a bombing run from England to Germany. In order to stay warm, he had to run in place the entire flight, both ways. I saw both the newspaper clippings, and a photo of him wearing his flight jacket.
He was something of a hero in the small midwest city that I live in.
And a special tip of the hat to Henry Aaron, a true power hitter, and apparently a civil rights activist. I read a rumor that he died after getting his first Covid19 vaccine. He died at 86, so he lived a long and interesting, and good life.
be well, and stay safe. pigpen51