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Scenery & Weather
Hong Kong landmarks, viewpoints, ground life, typhoons and night.
43 posts
Maintenance area: hangars and tank farm
Kai Tak's maintenance area now has three hangars with lit bays, a workshop tower, a fenced aircraft compound, a blast fence, floodlights and a fuel tank farm.
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Remote stands and apron buses
Remote stands 11 to 19 at Kai Tak hold parked aircraft, and apron buses run from a new bus gate to their doors when no jet bridge is free.
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Cargo terminal and freighters
Kai Tak gets a cargo terminal with stands 41 to 46, 747-400F and A300-600F freighters in the schedule, cargo loaders and trucks, plus new hangars and car park detail.
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Real Housing Authority estates
Public housing estates now use the Housing Authority's estate list: the 101 estates from 1998 inside the map, each rebuilt from its real block types and heights.
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Public housing estates in bunches
Hong Kong public housing blocks (Harmony, Trident, Twin Tower and slab) now stand in matching estates in the sim, with pastel facades, air-conditioners and roof tanks.
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Bay lines on the car park roof
The Plane Spotter car park roof now has white parking bay lines: a row against the far wall and three double rows with aisles between them.
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More detail on the car park roof
The Plane Spotter car park roof now has globe lamps, a pipe railing and crowd barrier, a painted deck and a stairwell entry with exit and caution signs.
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FAA signs and markings on the airfield
Fly Kai Tak now has FAA-style airfield signs and markings: touchdown-zone bars, hold lines, link taxiways B1 to B6, and mandatory, location, direction and distance signs.
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New: link taxiways between the runway and taxiway A
Fly Kai Tak update: five angled bitumen link taxiways now join the runway to parallel taxiway A, matching the aerial photographs of Kai Tak.
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Rooftop Cross-Bar Lights on the Approach
Three bright cross-bar lamp masts on tall Kowloon rooftops now mark the approach to Runway 13 and Runway 31, glowing at night under the flight path.
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The Kai Tak terminal, rebuilt to match the chart
Fly Kai Tak's terminal and apron now follow the Kai Tak chart: a pier at right angles to the runway, eight nose-in stands, lanes D3, D2 and D1, and new taxi routes.
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The Flight Board Clatters
The Fly Kai Tak flight information board now clatters like a real split-flap board whenever a letter changes, on the home screen and in Plane Spotter, with its own on/off button.
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New: Sun, Moon and Time of Day
Fly Kai Tak now has a sun and moon placed for Hong Kong in 1998, a 24-hour clock with Dawn, Day, Dusk and Night presets, and lighting that follows the sun.
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The Kai Tak Flight Information Board
Fly Kai Tak adds a split-flap flight information board with every arrival and departure, on the home screen and in Plane Spotter, in English and Cantonese.
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Apron taxi lines and numbered stands
Fly Kai Tak's apron now has yellow taxi lines, numbered stands, red stand boxes and service road lines, and the other aircraft taxi along them.
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New: Plane Spotter on Runway 31
Fly Kai Tak Plane Spotter now has a Runway 31 mode: arrivals over Lei Yue Mun, departures toward Kowloon City, and a Lei Yue Mun spectator view.
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New: ground vehicles on the Kai Tak apron
Fly Kai Tak adds airport ground vehicles: buses, catering trucks that lift to the door, baggage tractors with loaded carts, container and box freight trucks, and fire tenders at a fire station.
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New: giant billboards and neon over Kowloon
Fly Kai Tak now has 1990s-style giant floodlit billboards on Kowloon rooftops and roadsides, plus glowing neon signs. Brands are invented; no real logos.
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Plane spotter viewpoints: the car park roof and the Peak
The history of two Kai Tak plane spotting viewpoints, the airport car park roof and the Peak, and how to watch from both in Fly Kai Tak's Plane Spotter mode.
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The Peak Tram, the Peak Lookout and a view from the Peak
Fly Kai Tak adds the Peak Tram, the Peak Lookout and a Spectator: The Peak view, alongside Ocean Park's cable car between the Waterfront and the Summit.
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