Site Represents a site. Contact ymw1@st-andrews.ac.uk Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Prim Media 1971 End Date 1998 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kai Tak Airport Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource wanm Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 955 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,22.314098807783264,114.20509099960329; Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 19/04/2024 Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived is51102024 Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 04/19/2024 04:19:19 pm Description An account of the resource Kai Tak Airport was Hong Kong's international airport from 1925 to 1998. It was surrounded by apartment complexes, mountains, and water such that only the most experienced pilots were allowed to land there (Villamizar, 2023). Upon approach, the pilot had to spot Checkboard Hill, before making a sharp 47-degree right turn above the Kowloon City district and touching down at the first section of the runway to avoid Victoria Harbour. This approach was one of the world’s last landing spots in which automated aircraft instruments could not fly and instead, relied on the pilot’s visual judgement. Online archives of photographs depicting the approach along with documentaries on its history preserve the legacy of Kai Tak. Enthusiasts can also recreate the landing in flight simulator programs (i.e. Microsoft Flight Simulator, 2020) at home. Although the airport is no longer operational, the redevelopment of its former site into a mixed-use district promotes compact, integrated, and resilient urban living - thus addressing Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. Subject The topic of the resource Immovable Culture Heritage References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. Villamizar, H. (2023, March). Approaching Kai Tak on a Boeing 747: A Pilot’s Perspective. Airways. https://airwaysmag.com/kai-tak-approach-747-a-pilot/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925 Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Kai Tak Airport Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Airport demolished