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I. INTRODISTICH
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Hong Kong was visited by an airfield Hission from ́ogdan an February 6tů to February 14th, 1946
Air Commodore Jarley
HT. A.X.G. Collins
Mr. N. Richarison
dr. R, Á. Read
The Mission consisted of
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The Mission agreed on all main points mui the following, although:
a report from my own advil aviation point of view, represents the views of all members of the Mission.
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t present the only airfield at Long Kong is Fai Tek, a mell pre-war asrodrome constructed at the foot of a horseshos of kills. is muitable only for light aircraft and although at the moment it is being used by Dakotas, the approach anu landing in a Dakota is a most unņlemaant ex erience even in good weather axi is practically im casible in bad weather.
The existing approaches at fal Tek are completal, bloaned by high hills on three sides, giving approaches of 1 in §, 1 înlă 1 în 19 and a fourth ap ronoh whích is clear. In addition, considerable turbulence is experienced with any wiŋis of more than 12 m.ņ.h. dus to topographical location. Kai Tek is shown at point X on the map appæxlix A of this report.
The neosasity for the construction of a major ŭlass A typo airport at or near Hon; Fong is due to the desire of the Hong Kong ́overnment to regain the port its pre-war eminence as a major port
of entry and trade centre for China. at the present moment the hinese are oscillating between the ritish and cerican spheres of influence at Hong Fong and Canton resynctivaly.
There is existing at Cantou an enricas aiztialu (šhite Jioni, which is capable of taking all proposed traffic for south China for some time to come and to compete with this any airfield constructoi at hong kong must be capable of mabling, the safe, regular operation of civil airlines in all weathers.
There are shoy factors affouting airfielu solection, at jong KOOD but it can be seas that from an economionl cint of vin: it is desirable to construct one airfield to serve both K, A.F, ană civil ro giravints. up to the present moment sirfield selection has been left to the RAF, and they have started work on a site in the Dow Territories at ing Chen, This site, merely boosuse of its ense of construction, appeared to the R‚Á‚i. to be the most ussirable and man, in fact, statxi to be the only possible site in the lion; l'ong area.
This ccisien vas undoubtedly influenced by their desire to have an airfield operationally fit at a very mưży date. lioever, from a civil point of view "lag Chan 'la mqst"unsuitable for safe and regular civil airline operations.
In view of this, various sites vore inspected and finally the only possible alterative to 'ing than was found to be at leen ́ày, ika” reference 20,000, .heet 15, centre låse of the main atrip “musing through chà "ong temple at 075 degrees trus,
This site involves considerable construation problem but these vere stated by A,D,K,(6,^,) to be not inmuurmountable "although they would probably involve greater cost and time for dovalogment. In view of the
great physical advantages offered by this site over the ing han site, it is strongly recom ended that it be developeu as the min airport for the Hong ・ong anda.
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