CO129-508-8 Plans and reports on proposed aerodrome at Kai Tak 11-1-1928 - 21-12-1928 — Page 34

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Royal Air Force Base, Kai Tak concurs that it will be

satisfactory from a flying point of view.

Although the temporary Royal Air Force

buildings stand on the site proposed for the Civil

establishment, it is considered, in view of the

comparatively small amount of accommodation which it

is assumed will be provided for civil aircraft at

present that sufficient space can be found for the

buildings required. The arrangement would be in some

respect inconvenient but could be adopted as a

temporary measure, It is observed however that work

has been commenced on the construction of the

We

Western slipway shown on plan "B", and in order to

avoid unnecessary expense at the present time it may be

preferable to complete this slipway and use it for

Civil purposes in the first instance, the necessary

buildings being erected in its vicinity. It is

thought that you would prefer this scheme to which I

see no objection. If the lay out shown on plan HK1.

is finally approved by Air Ministry the slipway will

be required as part of the Royal Air Force establishment

and could be taken over under terms to be arranged

when the transfer becomes necessary. As it is

unlikely that the small shed to be erected now for the

housing of civil aircraft would be of use for Service

aircraft, it is suggested that this be erected on the

site of the Northern

of the two seaplane sheds shown

on plan HK1 so that it would not interfere with the

construction of the first permanent seaplane shed

should the transfer of the Civil establishment to the

Western site not have been effected before the

erection of this shed is undertaken.

An examination of the extent of the aerodrome

shows that although its length in an East and West

direction