That should be an IGS 13 approach. ILS was not available at Kai Tak's 13 = runway. Kai Tak forever! C.S. Hong Kong >>> Stanley Powroznik <avialot@xxxxxxxxx> 04/09/03 09:53am >>> Quote: ".....having a chance to sit in an airline cockpit during landing, = given how very difficult that is to do these days in person is a major = treat...." Considering that most approaches to many airports in the world nowadays = are straight in and pretty routine and nothing out of the extraordinary - = it is those like yours truly that got the priviledge to experience seated = in the jumpseat aboard Hong Kong's de-facto airline Cathay Pacific Airways = aboard 747-400 (VR-HOT) and also on China Southern's 777-200 (B-2053) on = the 'checkerboard' ILS 13 approach into the former Kai Tak Airport before = it closed....a true "thrill of a lifetime" and I sincerely do not think = there is any other approach in the world today that can top this ! The real thrill starts when the aircraft flies over what is nowadays Chek = Lap Kok, then flying pass Stonecutter's Island and aiming for the infamous = checkerboard atop a hill in Kowloontong Park close enough with the terrain = being surrounded by mountains and Lion's Rock and then make that 45 = degrees angle approach lining up with runway 13 of Kai Tak. Being seated = behind the first officer on VR-HOT, I stared in awe out the cockpit = looking at how the outer starboard wing and winglet 'seemed' to slice 'to = close for comfort' over the rooftops of Kowloon on the final seconds = before touchdown.... If this former Kai Tak ILS 13 approach is not the most demanding of all on = the pilots flying widebodies and a totally unique thrill of a lifetime for = any civilian who has experienced it in the jumpseat, then what is ? ;-) --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more