RTW Retro Flight #7 – Tokyo, Haneda to Hong Kong, Kai Tak . . . . . . Oct., 1963

[NMLW]

This is a Japan Airlines flight (RJTT to VHHX). Departure time from Tokyo, Haneda is 6:17 a.m. Flight time to Hong Kong for the 1,597 NM flight is approximately five hours and forty three minutes. We have 5,000 gallons of fuel on board for the trip.

Thanks to:
Aircraft: Japan Airlines Douglas DC-7C - Tom Gibson and Greg Pepper's GMAX DC-7C. Paint by Wayne Tudor.
Propliner AI & Traffic: CalClassic & FS Aviator - Tom Gibson, Mike Stevens, Jason Krogmann, Manuel Jagmann, Bill Towers, Nikko Yaginuma, Richard Wright, Frederick Coleman, Dave Jones, Paul Haak, Marty Lochmiller, Ake Lindberg, Harland Sandberg, Richard Wright and Gary Harper.
Scenery: FS9 Standard.
Tokyo Haneda, 1962 by Aaron Seymour and Tom Gibson of calclasic.com.
Hong Kong Kai Tak 1963 by Tom Gibson and Jim Vile. Mesh files by Holger Sandmann.
Scenery also uses Rwy12 and EZ scenery libraries.
HDE 1.0 Clouds by Pablo Diaz.


1. Boarding passengers. Engines 3 & 4 have been started.


2. Taxiing to runway 33 for takeoff. We have some traffic following us.



3. Liftoff.



4. Turning toward course and climbing over northeast Tokyo.



5. We’re at about three thousand feet heading southwest.



6. Climbing through fourteen thousand feet near Shizuoka.



7. Cruising at FL17 over the southern tip of Hyuga Province, Japan.



8. We’re now at midpoint over the Eastern China Sea.



9. Cruising near Putain, Fujain Province China.



10. Forty miles out of Hong Kong ATC provides a course change and instructions to begin our descent.


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[NMLW]

11. After a series of course adjustments our heading is due east as we continue our decent. We’re assigned visual to Runway 13 at Kai Tak.





12. About five miles from Kai Tak we pass the bridge between Ma Wan and Tsing Yi Islands.





13. With Lion Rock Hill just off our port side we descend toward the famous checkerboard and the Rwy. 13 approach lights mounted on towers.





14. Over the approach lights and nearing our turn toward short final. Our speed is about 115 KIAS.





15. A hard turn to starboard. The quick forty seven degree turn scrubs off about ten knots of speed, but that’s OK.





16. We come out of the turn over the lights and are lining up the runway. Our altitude is good.





17. Touchdown.





18. Taxiing toward the terminal.





19. Nearing the gate.





20. Engines shut down and passengers disembarked. Thanks for flying Japan Airlines.

[lifejogger]

Nice flight and pictures, they were really good and fun to look at.

[BillD22]

Great shots and narrative Larry

[Ragtopjohnny]

Nice shots Larry my friend!

The retro stuff is nice to look at. Are you one of those triple head to go people as well with such nice wide screen pictures?

John Thuot II
A+/Network+

[NMLW]

Thanks for your kind comments John B., Bill and John. Much appreciated.

[AlienA51]

Wow! my kind of post Larry great shots amigo

[adamb]

Beautiful post Larry.Enjoy seeing those prop airliners,brings back a lot of memories of the good old days.Spent a lot of time in the 50s at Greater Pittsburgh International watching all those great airlines.The old Piedmont,Allegheny,TWA,Eastern,Pan Am,and all the rest,lots of fun.Thanks for sharing.

Adam

[peer01]

Beautiful DC-7 flight Larry, great landing also!

[jeh]

Awesome stuff. Love that old DC-7. The AI and Scenery is great too. Nice landing also!