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| Visitor comments (108) [Hide] | Post your own comments by rating the photo above! |
 A visitor from - posted Wed May 20, 2009:Very steep and little high approach... | |
 A visitor from India posted Wed April 29, 2009:PAPI Indication is correct for the position of the camera used for taking this picture and not for the pilot in that approaching Big Baby on finals. Great picture | |
 A visitor from Mexico posted Tue November 25, 2008:I've landed already at that airport, and let me tell you it is amazing what pilots do to reach the ground, that is why this picture is great...it shown what a pilot can do whit a great plane! | |
 A visitor from Canada posted Sun October 12, 2008:Come on people think before you comment! The aircraft is still miles back from the runway just turning final and is banking at little more than 30 degrees, the high vantage point only makes this runway look short, and the PAPI lights do not change colour, they have louvers that block part of the light depending on what angle you are viewing them from, in this case from above so you can just see the third light's white part over the red. Yes Kai Tak was an exciting approach and this is a spectacular shot, but from an operational perspective there is nothing out of the ordinary here. Cheers | |
 A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sun October 12, 2008:Great photo, the angle is pretty deceiving, i bet he has plenty of room to like it up | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Wed September 24, 2008: Number one in traffic! | |
 A visitor from United States posted Sat September 20, 2008:It is an awesome picture you have over there.it must have been a scary moment for the pilots.so please put more picyures like this .i want to be a pilot when i grow up.thanks for the picture. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sat September 20, 2008: It's a scary moment for the pilots | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed August 13, 2008: To the visitor from canadia on monday march 10 '08 the papi lights actually dont change color its the angle that makes it to where it looks like it changes color on each of the four little visible lights there all contained in a box each box has 2 lights one red one white there situated one above teh other so that at certain angles you see different colors you could look up more information on an online encyclopedia | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Fri August 8, 2008: Great shot! It looks a bit dangerous... | |
 A visitor from Korea, Republic Of posted Sat July 12, 2008:As I know, Kai Tak airport is the one of the hardest airport to land. so, I've heard that the pilot dislike to go there. | |
| A visitor from - posted Wed July 9, 2008: Amazing shot. maybe the aircraft was doing curcuts | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Mon July 7, 2008: The brakes aren't any good now! | |
| A visitor from - posted Sat May 31, 2008: I just did an approach like this but ofcourse in a much smaller airplane :) | |
 A visitor from Sweden posted Tue May 13, 2008:Actually according to the PAPI lights he's at exactly the right height. On each side of the runway are two pairs of lights. He's got a red pair and a white pair which means he's at the proper altitude. Remember it this way. White white too much height. Red red and you're dead. Read and white you're alright. | |
 A visitor from Finland posted Tue April 8, 2008:Oh my god! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sat March 29, 2008: He might run out of room to stop and go into the drink. I've never seen an airplane come in like this. This is an awesome photo. | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Mon March 10, 2008: It appears that he is too low though according to the lights. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri December 7, 2007: Wow good timing for taking the picture! -m@tt | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sun November 25, 2007: Best approach yet!!! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue November 20, 2007: I think those red lights mean it's too low or maybe too high. I'm not sure. | |
| A visitor from - posted Tue November 20, 2007: No way, this 747 did not land... the other pilot taxiin probably had a heart attack. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu November 1, 2007: Excellent shot. The runway isn't really as short as it looks. Each of the white bars on the runway are 500ft apart. It looks to be about 10,000ft. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri October 26, 2007: Beautiful shot--overshooting? | |
 A visitor from Argentina posted Fri October 5, 2007:Great photo! I´d love to be in that plane | |
 A visitor from Germany posted Tue August 21, 2007:I have never seen a approach like that. Very nice picture!!! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue August 14, 2007: It looks as if he's not going to be able to stop in time!! | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sat July 28, 2007: It shows the danger and difficulty of this approach (and of course the skill of the pilots) | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue July 17, 2007: When the crew really earn their salary ! " And we still have to stop the thing " | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sun June 10, 2007: Good photo i love aproach to 13 | |
 A visitor from Australia posted Sat May 12, 2007:Really clear and excellent photo. Well done. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri April 20, 2007: There aren't many shots like this anywhere -- 5 stars | |
 A visitor from Philippines posted Sun March 25, 2007:It was a good photo! Scary though... | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Thu December 7, 2006: Very Nice, great angle | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sat October 21, 2006: Ahhh! | |
 A visitor from Portugal posted Mon September 25, 2006:Great photo | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Sat September 9, 2006: The angle of descent and on the turn rated | |
 A visitor from Saint Lucia posted Fri September 8, 2006:Spectular angle!Thats what I call keeping it in tight! - Gianni Deligny | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Wed September 6, 2006: Awesome photo! I was lucky enough to fly into Kai Tak as a pax with Cathay Pacific in 1996. Anyone who has flown as a pilot will tell you the perspective of the runway shown in this photo is extremely deceptive and in all probability it is longer than you think. Remember the aiming points on any runway are roughly 300 metres in from the ends, in line with the papi's, big white rectangular marks on the surface and glide slope. When viewed in this light it is quite easy to see the runway is 3000 metres long. Also half a kilometre is only 500 metres, you'd do well to land a C172 on that! | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Sat September 2, 2006: Very dramatic use of telephoto perspective. Looks scary for that reason. | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Mon July 10, 2006: Awesome roller-coaster dip. I have a question. Just curious. This photo says it was taken in 1998. That was the last year it was still open. But the runway was supposed to be over 3300m after final extension. Look at this! That can't be 3300m! Probably not even half a kilometer. P.S. Some other photos I've seen make more sense as the runway is MUCH MUCH MUCH longer than this. P.S. again: When was it last extended? | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Fri July 7, 2006: Great picture, what sweet landing | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Fri June 30, 2006: The angel of the bank and the way the nose is pointing down and also the angle - with the plane trying to line itself up makes this shot a great one | |
 A visitor from Malaysia posted Thu June 29, 2006:Yippee!!! | |
 A visitor from Norway posted Sun June 25, 2006:What a stunning landing. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed June 21, 2006: That is a cool shot!!! i wonder if all the passengers have their hands up in the air like they would if they were on a ROLLER COASTER? jose cruz | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri May 26, 2006: Unbelievable, that was Kai Tak! | |
| A visitor from Malaysia posted Wed May 24, 2006: Too steep! Pull up! :D Well caught! I wonder what the people inside were thinking; seeing such a steep decent and only houses around... | |
| A visitor from Mexico posted Sat May 20, 2006: Well kai tak ever was a great place to shot but I have a question, how long is kai tak runway's? | |
| A visitor from Germany posted Mon May 15, 2006: Those dudes can fly... | |
| A visitor from Malaysia posted Sat May 6, 2006: Great airport, great pilot. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue April 25, 2006: Wow! This is spectacular! | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Fri April 21, 2006: Great scene | |
 A visitor from Taiwan posted Thu April 13, 2006:I miss Kai Tai...:) | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue April 11, 2006: Didn't one or two planes unluckily overshoot the runway sometime but everyone was ok in the end or something like that? | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue March 21, 2006: Uh-oh | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon March 13, 2006: Jeez will that make it? ~Great Pic | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu March 9, 2006: It doesn't look like a real photo, the plane looks superimposed on another picture of a runway. | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Sun March 5, 2006: Everybody that says the runway is too short are wrong. Kai Tak runway final extension made it 11200 feet long, thats enough to accomodate the A380. | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sun February 12, 2006: You appreciate the difficult of the approach | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu February 9, 2006: From here it looks like the runway is only 5000 feet long. Imagine the fright of the 707(A330?)pilot having the largest plane in the world(at that time) heading toward you. Alejandro | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed February 8, 2006: I so wish I was on an approach like that! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon January 30, 2006: Unbelievable - What talent!!! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu January 26, 2006: This better not happen when I'm flying! | |
| A visitor from Germany posted Thu January 12, 2006: Crazy picture | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed January 11, 2006: The samurai warrior shouts the emperor's name as he aims his plane on a kamikaze charge of that huge imperial aircraft carrier | |
 A visitor from Hong Kong posted Tue January 10, 2006:GREAT SHOT but sadly the airport moved =( | |
 A visitor from Czech Republic posted Sun January 8, 2006:Looks very difficult... | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri January 6, 2006: I hope its red over white a pilots delight | |
| A visitor from - posted Sun January 1, 2006: Good photo. It looks like an aircraft carrier landing. | |
| A visitor from Germany posted Fri December 23, 2005: It's so bad that the airport is now closed! | |
 A visitor from Switzerland posted Thu December 22, 2005:This pic shows how gifted a pilot has to be, to land a plane on such a short run-way.. and the fact that the run-way is surrounded by the sea is great! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed December 21, 2005: At first It looks like he is dead meat, with the extremely daredevilist pitch act and the short looking runway, it inda makes me feel sorry for that co-pilot | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sat December 17, 2005: Did that plane actually land okay? | |
| A visitor from Australia posted Thu December 15, 2005: Excellent photo. Rather be the photographer than the photographed | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed December 14, 2005: The runway looks shorter than it is. Looks like he's trying to land in a parking lot. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri December 2, 2005: That was Kai Tak alright... | |
| A visitor from Philippines posted Sat November 12, 2005: Ex-fighter pilot | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu November 10, 2005: Now THAT was an interesting moment!!! | |
| A visitor from Canada posted Fri November 4, 2005: Great view | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu October 27, 2005: Awesome, great shot of the Kai Tak runway. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed October 26, 2005: This is a great photo on finial approach in to honk Kong former airport.. A different era.. A time when flying was still a great experience and not a cheap product. Like today | |
| A visitor from - posted Tue October 25, 2005: The perspective shows how much the plane must drop in the short space to the runway | |
 A visitor from Luxembourg posted Thu October 20, 2005:That gets my adrenaline pumping...I would have loved to land there once myself... | |
| A visitor from United States posted Fri October 7, 2005: Great angle, great moment | |
| A visitor from India posted Sun October 2, 2005: Marvellous!!!! one of the trickiest approaches that one would ever have had !!!! a very challenging sortie...ask any pilot...they would vouch for it... see how heavily the aircraft banks to the right very very close to the approach... gbala | |
| A visitor from Hong Kong posted Wed September 28, 2005: Nice shot | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed September 21, 2005: Great shot, but that runway is way to short! I wonder if the plane went off the end of the runway? Great shot and wonderful view of the harbor. Great job! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sun September 18, 2005: Woah nelly!!! | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sat September 17, 2005: A vivid picture capturing how exceptional this airport used to be ! | |
| A visitor from Hong Kong posted Tue September 13, 2005: Fantastic Photo... A classical feel of Kai Tak! Love it! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon September 5, 2005: I have always wanted to fly into Hong Kong, had a chance in 1959, but missed out, this shot showed me what I missed and motivated me to make a trip within the next 8 months....hanzo... | |
| A visitor from United States posted Sun September 4, 2005: I like it so much and is a great shot i had to make it my desktop photo | |
 A visitor from Brazil posted Sun September 4, 2005:Amazing photo !! | |
| A visitor from Korea, Republic Of posted Thu September 1, 2005: I missed a caitak | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu September 1, 2005: What a beautiful angle!! | |
 A visitor from Pakistan posted Wed August 31, 2005:This is picture is really a touching moment, which recalled my memories when we trapped in an AIR VACCUME situation about more than 2 minutes. I really appreciate photographer Efforts to catch this drastic moment. Runway is too short for landing but Excellent skills of the pilot who landed it safely, ..... Keep it up ! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Mon August 29, 2005: Good landing and good photo | |
 A visitor from Slovenia posted Mon August 29, 2005:I love that picture :) it is great. Nice work Samuel | |
 A visitor from Poland posted Sun August 28, 2005:It's what happened just before the other picture. Now I understand that it wasn't crosswind!! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu August 25, 2005: Better not go of the end of the runway! | |
| A visitor from United States posted Wed August 24, 2005: Sweeet nice shot | |
| A visitor from United Kingdom posted Wed August 24, 2005: I hope the pilot was going to overshoot and go around!! | |
| A visitor from Germany posted Wed August 24, 2005: Good shot | |
| A visitor from United States posted Tue August 23, 2005: It looks so high up from this prespective. It also looks like the runway is way too short for this 747. It ALSO looks like the 747 is about 2 secs from touching down. Great illusion. Great art. | |
 A visitor from Netherlands posted Sat August 20, 2005:This picture has everything in it. There is action, and wideness which creates rest. The picture is sharp on the edge so the photographer has used the best possible shuttertime. The object of the picture is just in the middle which places the action in the centrepoint. Very good picture in terms of used light circumstances. Compliments to the photographer. | |
 A visitor from New Zealand posted Fri August 19, 2005:One of my more favourite photos. How scarry would it be to land the a/c? It must be a hugh task to maneouver a 747 to correctly line it up. Thank you very much Samuel for sharing it with us. | |
| A visitor from United States posted Thu November 25, 2004: awesome! | |
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