Cathay Pacific 'Kai Tak The Final Approach'

This is an exclusive documentary of Cathay Pacific Airways Communication Department in 1998 that my neighbour, pilot for Cathay Pacific, gave to me.
The documentary contains aerial footage that will never seen again and features the sons of Cathay Pacific Airways' founders Roy Farrel and Sydney de Kantzow as they recount their fathers' roles in the developement of Kai Tak Airport and Cathay Pacific

[@chachachan6471]

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.

[@BizjetPilot]

Wow! It must have been a great time back then!😃

[@kennarajora6532]

must be very cool to see yourself in a documentary.

[@visionist7]

Pretty cool to see yourself so long ago

[@davidcooper5442]

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

[@Avantime]

I remember buying that VHS tape from the CX cabin crew when I was like 12 years old. Good memories.

[@Mohairp53]

Thank you for sharing the history of Cathy Pacific and the opportunity to meet the children of its owner.

[@richschindler8731]

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.

[@HeartlandTuber]

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.

[@klausklausen4977]

The most exciting approach into the most exciting city...

[@brucewayne3602]

absolutely incredible ... wonderfully exhilarating ... truly remarkable history of a most unique locale ... did it 7 times, still want more !!!

[@ART1E057]

the music in this whips so hard

[@derekncanada1330]

Thank you very much for uploading this. Very interesting!

[@BizjetPilot]

You're welcome! :)

[@99carnot]

Awesome documentary! Thanks for posting:) Liked!

[@BizjetPilot]

Thanks and you're welcome! :)

[@nathanip4704]

Great documentary. Thanks

[@FGCounter1]

The music used at the end is bloody brilliant! Does anyone know its name?

[@mariaelenavillanueva6478]

No

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Great documentary, Thanks!

[@mylosairplanefan]

Interesting! :) Thanks for uploading!

[@fungkpmf]

Brilliant! Thx for sharing...

[@Jamie-Fox]

Now 2024..CX is only a shadow of its own successful past..it is a dreadful chinese company now. Not the world loved exotic Hongkong brand once we know and cheerish. So sad!

[@EpicThe112]

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.

[@FeedBackMain]

I was pilot commander,, now retired.

[@danielbigtiger]

walking on the wing can be slippery because its glossy metal

[@visionist7]

_Too bad McLane!_

[@SS--un8nr]

Don't know if B-HKG had ever been to CLK for training before its retirement...

[@anjingUK]

Wow!

[@江文仔]

經典

[@bingbong7777]

Sadly, today, they are struggling to survive….

[@visionist7]

Why are they having so many problems even with the recovery of other airlines? Is it HK's draconian policies?

[@ronenfefer6162]

@@visionist7huh huh

[@oldmategio]

Fuuuuuck this is a classic

[@wongseisunon9966]

wow, the first 14 seconds is so horrible

[@marcuslee2623]

I am a pilot