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...Tak was a busy airport right in the middle of town and loved by all," says Armstrong. "Chek Lap Kok is like any other airport?straight in approach, and boring. It simply doesn't generate the same fun, excitement or mystery that the old airport did. Long live Kai Tak...
...Chek Lap Kok is] too far away and is just a standard international airport," says Nevin Lim, a freelance tour guide in Hong Kong who gave up his hobby of plane spotting when Kai Tak closed. "It takes the fun out of flying. Kai Tak was so exciting because the planes flew so close to the city. There was always a possibility that there might be a problem of some sort. Of course, no one wanted anything to go wrong, but it was this element of danger that made Kai Tak so exhilarating...
...Meanwhile, back at Kai Tak, David England still works in an office in Kowloon Bay that overlooks the old airport's runway. From his window he can see a fleet of double-deckers in a Kowloon Motor Bus livery, on the site where Concordes used to park. "That," he sighs, "is not really the same...
...Past (www.twin.ne.jp/~watanabe/HK) Touching Downer This is a lovingly maintained Kai Tak fan site, complete with sobbing violin soundtrack. Download wallpaper images of planes brushing rooftops, sigh over pictures of the final day and share your memories in the guest book...
...Chips (www.flightstore.co.uk/category/use.dept.133) Terminal Case Go to this British-based retailer's URL, enter "Hong Kong" as a search term, and order Microsoft's Ultimate Hong Kong flight-simulator game for your PC in which Hong Kong is depicted in hyper detail-and so is the knuckle-whitening Kai Tak landing, along with 67 other scenic flights over the territory. Fasten seat belts, please...