![Restore famous Hong Kong 'checkerboard' as a memorial to old Kai Tak airport | South China Morning Post Restore famous Hong Kong 'checkerboard' as a memorial to old Kai Tak airport | South China Morning Post](https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=425,format=auto/sites/default/files/styles/768x768/public/d8/images/methode/2019/04/15/414c9f1a-5f5a-11e9-b745-17e2afcf325c_image_hires_172439.jpg?itok=yuoyTJRx&v=1555320283)
Restore famous Hong Kong 'checkerboard' as a memorial to old Kai Tak airport | South China Morning Post
![Checkerboard Hill and the crazy Kai Tak Airport approach | Kai tak airport, Kowloon walled city, Hong kong Checkerboard Hill and the crazy Kai Tak Airport approach | Kai tak airport, Kowloon walled city, Hong kong](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/5c/a5/365ca58f502eba4b82012155fb65815a.jpg)
Checkerboard Hill and the crazy Kai Tak Airport approach | Kai tak airport, Kowloon walled city, Hong kong
Why was the checkerboard approach at Kai Tak International Airport the way it was? Was it really just unsuitable for modern jets? - Quora
![Pinboard в Твиттере: «The instrument landing system at Hong Kong was designed to fly you into the side of a mountain. If you did not turn at the last moment, you would Pinboard в Твиттере: «The instrument landing system at Hong Kong was designed to fly you into the side of a mountain. If you did not turn at the last moment, you would](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIy238QUUAARVF4.jpg)
Pinboard в Твиттере: «The instrument landing system at Hong Kong was designed to fly you into the side of a mountain. If you did not turn at the last moment, you would
![JetPhotos on Twitter: "A Cathay Pacific 747 making the famous checkerboard approach to Kai Tak in Hong Kong, 1997. https://t.co/usCuLLM13f © Graham Dinsdale Collection https://t.co/kdpzDERzpt" / Twitter JetPhotos on Twitter: "A Cathay Pacific 747 making the famous checkerboard approach to Kai Tak in Hong Kong, 1997. https://t.co/usCuLLM13f © Graham Dinsdale Collection https://t.co/kdpzDERzpt" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuPtD10XEAEwBDy.jpg:large)