1st trip out to Hong Kong in the B-777, here's the interesting flight plan we took... LINKS: Creating the new Hong Kong airport: • Making of Hong Kong In... Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Ko...
Here's a great documentary on the making of the new Hong Kong airport plus all the other amazing engineering feats of the appurtenant structures. Looks like they both leveled two small islands and filled in between- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U8rkCAuzHL8.html
Dunno about that. I've been to HK many times and I really like it. Also been to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. I prefer HK over them. Maybe if you speak mandarin other cities in PRC are okay to visit, but for someone who only speaks english, HK is a very easy place to get around and a good experience.
I know lots of people are getting words like 'their' and 'there', and 'it's' and 'its' confused. But this -- *we'll* to mean 'well' as in 'well-rounded' -- has got to be one of the worst I've ever seen.
Made the LAX - HKG trip about 25 times. Hong Kong is one of the world's great cities - western but with chinese characteristics. The new airport is an engineering beauty but without the rustic charm and world class approach of Kai Tak. Nothing to compare to standing on the old tarmac watching a 747 make that big turn and bank to line up with the runway.
02:09 ...i grew up as a young teenager in the mid-80's ...the Sakhalin Island on your flight-plan reminds me Korean Air Flight 007 in september '83 ...RIP to their souls.
Hey Juan, while I was in the Navy, I flew into the original Hong Kong airport... all I can say is Wow!, What a landing, I thought we were dog fighting someone... Lol
A couple of years ago I was bought a simulator session as a present and chose the old Hong Kong (KaiTak) airport to land at. Damn! What a low tight turn in to short finals. Completely screwed the first attempt and had to do a go round. Just managed it on the second try. Hats off to any pilot who has actually landed a real plane there.
I visited Hong Kong in 1968 while in the Navy for our R & R. It was a very fascinating place at that time . I had a set of white uniforms made there. Ate at the floting restarant. what a experience for a 21 year old
Man! I`m Soo happy that This Captain is flying again! Being in possesion of tons of knowledge and all sorts of mechanics around the plane feels like the skies are takeen by the reasonable person who know His job from the sctracth! Thank You Sir!
I really enjoyed your flight debrief. I originally watched your channel for Oroville, but love hearing about the 777. I agree, an awesome piece of engineering.
Great views, Juan! I was in HK in '88 and loved the place. It's great to see Ned Kelly's still in existence. Music and food were always good, with great ambiance. I went out to the parking garage at the old airport at night and watched the planes coming in on that approach. Just crazy to see!! Thanks for the memories brought back to life! I should go back... on a Trip 7.
Nice to see u back in business (and with one of the most beautifull\advanced airliner too). And some amazing rest time in Neon light city. Hapy landings Juan
Thanks for taking us along Juan and sharing a bit of Hong Kong. What an amazing show of lights over those amazing skyscrapers ! I bet on your flight over Alaska was fantastic with the Aurore boreale lights . Did you say 17 hrs of flight ?Wow ,that had to be exhausting and the plane very close to max weight capacity ,that's got to be a little scary. Glad to hear that you enjoyed the trip to a new place that you've never been.I pray that you have or had a safe return . We continue to enjoy your channel and all that you share. We appreciate all your hard work and informative facts! I honor you for not only your services in the past but of your present as well. Not just as a great pilot but as a parent, family man, journalist , producer ,director ,editor and social entrepreneur. You have our best regards always . God bless you and your family ,cheers.
Wow. I flew into the old Ki Tak airport back in 1965 in a Navy P2V, when we were on R&R from Da Nang. Hong Kong was an amazing place then, but now, wow, it is so much more. I just read that the average yearly income for the Chinese has doubled in the past 10 years to over $10,000. Thanks Juan. You are special.
Have flown this route or a similar one from other West Coast airports multiple times the last nine months whilst on assignment in HK. Noticed at the end of last year we really started to fly very far north on the eastbound journey. The trip home goes super fast though, we registered a ground speed of over 1050km/h at one point! Getting ready to say goodbye to HK now as I’m moving to Toronto but it has been a total blast out here and I would come back any time. Safe travels!
Dan DeVoto I live in Bangkok and have seen it many times - and workers in bare feet on the scaffolding - so not an OSHA-approved worksite, that’s for sure.
The sign on the front of the Ned Kelly's "lounge" said "Happy hour 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m." That's the longest stretch of happy hour I have ever seen :-) sure looked like an interesting trip. Thank you for sharing Mr. B. !
Just subscribed to your channel earlier this year Juan and hadn't seen this one till it showed up in my "suggested content". Great vid man. I've made the trip from DFW to HK multiple times in the past three years - a 16 hour beat-down. I still haven't taken time to spend time in the city itself but it's on my list. I'm always just passing through. Great scenes in the city - those were some HUGE rats!
Nice video Juan. For all others: International airline crew layover (in no particular order) is sleep, eat, beer or two, sightsee, wake up, return to airport for return flight. Sequence of events varies depending on location and length of layover.
Great presentation Juan. I'm very familiar with the old Kai Tak Hong Kong approach. It was the craziest thing I ever heard of. After spotting the huge red and white checkerboard painted on the side of a mountain you make a hard right 90 degree turn and there was the runway right in front of you. I used to pull into Hong Kong when I was in the US Navy. Hong Kong was British back then. Your Oroville updates are great too.
Used to build the 787. Quit Boeing now all I do is haul the 777x wing spars from Everett, WA to Salt Lake, UT back and forth. 777x will,have wings half as thick and all carbon,fiber. Less wind drag equals better fuel mileage. In fact sitting inside the 777X wing plant in Everett right now delivering newly trimmed stringer...aka wing stiffeners
As a professional mechanic I was amazed by the B777 as well Juan. I found the Honeywell Primus intergrated avionics suite to be the finest I had seen at the time. Stilla truly amazing aircraft.
Great Video... I'll pass on the town tour... think I'd lay low and plan my escape ASAP from the Hotel..... L.A. is bad enough but Hong Kong..... BAHHhhhhh !
I've flown the pmdg 777 on the home sim. You are correct with flaps 5 you have a narrow speed window in-between stall and maximum flap retraction speed. The front instrument panel is very similar to the 737 NG.
Next time I look up into our night sky and see a high-flying aircraft, I'll wave just in case it's you, Juan, flying over Western Oregon. Thanks for the video, sir!
This just popped up in my RU-vid feed. Very interesting and that was a Great Circle! I’m thinking things aren’t as happy in Hong Kong these days. Over it’s time in service the 777-300 has been my favorite ride to Europe, primarily DFW-LHR. One of my best friends and work colleagues goes LAX-LHR and we we usually spend about the same amount of time in the air. I do have to admit I have liked the lower cabin altitude of couple of crossings in a 787 I’ve had.
When you were flying into the old airport, Kai Tak, the aircraft would take a sharp right turn just before landing. If you were sitting on the right side of the airplane, you could look into the windows of the apartments and see people inside. It was a pretty wild ride. Kai Tak was a dump and it was very crowded, so I doubt anyone except pilots miss it. The new airport, Chek Lap Kok, is one of the nicest airports in the world. It's large, open and beautiful inside with lots of shops, restaurants and bars. The Cathay Pacific first class lounge is probably one of most decadent airport lounges anywhere (at least outside of the middle east). It has a sit down restaurant with a menu, a huge noodle bar and private cabanas. You can order meals and drinks to be delivered to them. I flew through this airport during the first week of operation.
I do like Cathay's The Wing Lounge in the new airport, but I miss Kai Tak more. The checkerboard approach was nice change from the boring West to exciting Asia.
Great video, I've traveled all over southeast asia, at that time Singapore Airlines had a stop over at Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Nahira, l but have always missed Hong Kong as a stop over. One day before I kick it.... ... thanks
I was enjoying the video and I had to go back and check the run time, it felt like the video ended a lot sooner than 6:48. Time flies fast when you're having fun.
The new airport is pretty nice, but there was nothing to compare with the old airport which was amazing. The final approach must have been fun as a pilot. Hong Kong is a great place to visit. The food is fabulous. Be sure and go up to the peak (take the train), also check out stanley (lots of small vendors) and shek o (a trendy place with some restaurants).
Juan! Hong Kong trad jazz. No stone unturned eh friend? Great stuff as usual. Was expecting, "Now the Fender five string initially entered service in the mid 1960's as an extended range..." Cut to schematic. :) Peace, stay well!
Juan thanks for sharing really a neet video. Very informative. Hope to see more in future videos. Have a great week give the wife kids and chewy a hug for me. God Bless!!!
I found your channel when you did this type of video to London. (The video I am referring to is named/called, “Boeing 777 300ER pilot review”. The video was uploaded on, Dec. 2, 2016.)
Another great video, Juan. I wondered if you are allowed to take personal video in the cabin when you're flying the 777, because some footage of the approach and takeoffs would be really interesting. Keep up the good work, your videos are the best!
I liked it over in Kowloon myself, I moved over their after a brief stay on Hong Kong island. I went to see Kai Tak, ìt was just the flying club using the runway, the terminal was being demolished and the flyover approach road was already gone.
Gee, where were the rick shaws? Wow, a lot has changed since "The World of Susie Wong" played in 1960, one of my most favorite movies. Great video, thanks Juan.
Hong Kong is a feat of engineering, check out the complexity of the road and bridge network between Tsing Yi and the container terminal. Take a bus to the airport to really appreciate it. The entire road system is build to withstand huge tropical storm and landslides. The trains (MTR) in Central move 3500 passengers every 50 seconds at rush hour. The island of Ap Lei Chau opposite Aberdeen has more than twice the population of Reno in one square kilometer. And if you want to see some crazy expensive cars by the dozen take the elevator down to the public parking garage under the IFC / stock exchange in central.
Nice city! Less rats than Boston or NYC. 😁 Looking forward to seeing the 777 in person one of these days. Been hearing about it for a while across the internet. Thanks for the insight!
Very old.... I have over a million frequent flyer miles on one airline... I like flying, it is all the nonsense to get flying that drives me nuts. I was flying when coat and tie was the "normal" attire
From what I remember from watching a few documentaries about the Hong Kong air port, the island was constructed from dumping material and creating an island, entirely new property risen from the surface of the sea.
blancolirio I'm sure you've seen at least one of those awesome engineering docs on that airport. I need to see if there's one on Hartsfield where an old Garmin Pilot would show you landing on I-285
For Chek Lap Kok (New Hong Kong )International Airport - two small islands were levelled and a third created. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_International_Airport The null school 'earth' computer weather model shows the Jet Streams moving in some strange patterns, how are the 'real world' pilots experiencing the jet streams? Are the Jet Streams still moving in the right direction for plane route reduction assistance?
Thanks for the great trip. I really wish you could have shown us the northern lights, though. I saw a hint of the northern lights one night outside of Chico (CA) about 15 years ago. I saw a few brief flashes of a deep red color that almost seemed like an hallucination. Had my son not also seen it, I don't think I would have believed my own eyes. Seeing the real thing without any doubt has been on my bucket list ever since. What an interesting band-- three old white guys and a bunch of Chinese guys. I had no idea the Chinese enjoyed jazz so much. Great music! The rats I've seen in tons of travel vlogs all over those markets and restaurants in Asia give me the heebie-jeebies! Rats _can_ be VERY aggressive, run up people and even take things forcibly from them! Have Asians never heard of rat poison??? We had some problems with them after last year's flooding. I tried to trap them at first. After a few days they learned to avoid the traps and their population soared! I decided to pull out all the stops and poison every nook and cranny on the property. Now we have NO rodents AT ALL. I will never again hesitate to poison ALL rodent pests!
Thanks for the look inside Captain Browne! I have always been fascinated by large aircraft. On a side note I am curious how much the recent California rains have brought up the Lake Oroville level. I know they have a ton of room available. This might be the water that will pull the farmers through the summer. Enjoy Hong Kong!
Hello Scott. The following website will give you information about Oroville and many other large California Reservoirs. cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/reservoirs/RES
HK is one of the most business friendly cities in the world... love the Star ferry, the vibe and the dim sum! If you go back try to visit some of the outlying islands... would make for some great youtube... Lamma is very cool... The hydrofoil boats were built by Boeing.
Most people think of Hong Kong (HK) as just a concrete jungle. ~20 minutes from central HK is the south side of HK island ... by South Bay Beach (south central) ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jh2PQEyaWTM.html ... Big Wave Bay and Shek O (south east) ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AUiQU3wE1Vw.html . A bit further out from central HK is Sai Kung ( ~60 minutes ) ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UBlEBeXFjrI.html (the rock pools are ~1km from the beaches).
I love watching your channel and the informative updates of the Oroville dam updates. They are the best dam videos out there. Quick question about your flight plan from LA to Hong Kong. Why don’t you fly across the pacific to Hong Kong? It’s seems like a longer flight to go up through Alaska and back down.
Love when we get to see your aviation videos Juan. They're great! What all civilian airliners have you flown besides the 777? And is the 777 your favorite?
Juan, would you explain 'muscle jets'...at first I thought it was FBW vs. cable & rod interface with hyd. boost, but the 757 is full hydraulic with no manual reversion, so muscle won't overcome failed hyd. in this case?
blancolirio That's awesome. I've always thought the 757 is a beautiful plane. Always kind of fit an interesting market. Sounds great too. Luckily, we still get to see plenty of 757's in Atlanta
PER - LHR landed a few hours ago after 17+ hours. What to you reckon? I've been cooped up as a passenger for 14+ hours and it's not fun in cattle class.
