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Clutch
from San Diego, CA
(Thought we'd start a Guestbook)
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message 2 · sent:
2007-10-01 20:21
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Sebastian K.
from Bochum, Ruhrgebiet
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message 3 · sent:
2007-10-04 10:39
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Hi,
my name is Sebastian, I live in Germany and I am a flightsim enthusiast since the very beginning of flightsimming on PC. Now I am 28 years old and I started with twelve years on a 386 DX with incredible 40 mhz and an wasteful amount of 4 mb of RAM. My first serious sim was "Flightsimulator for Airbus A320", in fact there were a few sims before, but you cannot call a flightsim on an nostalgic Schneider-computer serious flightsimming...  . My main interests in flightsimming always were flight planning, navigation and now as flightsims become more and more eyecandy the bushflying. like demanding approaches and I am a fan of the "Wonderful Madeira" addon since its beginning as well as "Lukla" and Innsbruck in "Austria Professional". Kai Tak will definetaly my new home in flightsimming. |
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Fabian_E
from Stuttgart
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message 4 · sent:
2008-01-04 03:02
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Hi guys,
a big thank you to the whole team. Your scenery is awesome!
This is the scenery the wohle comunity was waiting for. 
Your other aditional files are very interesting and I like the radio chatter a lot.
A big thank you again,
Cheers,
Fabian |
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Roli
from LSMU
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message 5 · sent:
2008-01-04 06:20
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Hi Guys
Great job! And Freeware, many many thanks to everybody!
Greetings from Switzerland
Roli |
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Y. S.
from Dortmund
(THANK YOU!)
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message 6 · sent:
2008-01-04 07:12
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Hello Guys!
I just installed your new Kai Tak scenery: It is amazing!!!  I´m speechless 
Kai Tak is now my favourite airport!!!
A big thank you to the whole team!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Y. S. ,
Germany |
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Egbert Drenth
from Utrecht
(Thank you very much!)
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message 7 · sent:
2008-01-05 03:37
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Hi all,
Thank you very much for all the time and efforts you have put into this great scenery!
It just looks great and finally we have again the great airport back.
Will spend lots of time to master the IGS13 approach.
Take care all,
Egbert Drenth
The Netherlands
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marc w
from Reading
(well done to all)
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message 8 · sent:
2008-01-05 15:39
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oh
my
god
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this is incredible, i havent installed it yet, but i still had to change my underwear after watching the vid on you tube! im going to set aside a couple of hours with NO distractions to get stuck into it and i cant wait! you guys have done an incredible job and i dont think im the only one who is thinking this addon will be gettinng some kind of award in the future! once again - simmers everywhere owe you all a beer! maybe you guys could set up a you tube channel thing so everyone can upload there best footage/wackiest landings!
Thanks for a great xmas present and keep up the good work! |
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Craig
from Denver
(A Whole Lotta FUN)
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message 9 · sent:
2008-01-07 14:28
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Thanks for bringing back the excitement in FS'dom. I've been simming since FS98, and Kai Tak has brought that old feeling back, like when I first mastered the heli in '98
A lot of work getting Asia specific AI up and running but worth the effort!
Don't have it yet??? STOP reading, go get it and get flying!!! |
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Owen
from Nebraska
(Memories of Hong Kong and Kai Tak)
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message 10 · sent:
2008-01-08 14:46
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| It's great to see Kai Tak reopened! I have memories of my 3 visits to Hong Kong when I was stationed overseas many moons ago. I remember as our ship sailed into Hong Kong Harbor, the scene of aircraft arriving and taking off from Kai Tak. What a fascinating sight it was, and will be again with this scenery. I found Kai Tak to be a part of THE most fascinating city I visited when stationed in the Pacific area. A great job guys, and thanks for the memories!! |
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Peter
from England
(Kai Tak - Fantastic job! Thank you one and all.)
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message 11 · sent:
2008-01-08 16:08
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Please forgive the no spam email address
Many congratulations to everyone who has contributed anything to this project. The resulting package, from the amazing eye candy scenery to the manual and publicity, is an impressive achievement of team work and dedication, well done to you all.
I appreciate not only the immense detail of the landscape and aviation but also the care taken to describe the installation and adding the AI traffic, ATC chatter, AFCADs and ready to use flights and charts - something a non technical but keen virtual pilot like I greatly value.
Thank you one and all; for your time, efforts, skills and sheer goodwill towards the rest of us.
A great job which deserves to become one of the milestones in flight simulation.
Peter |
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Gar
from Vancouver, B.C.
(Absolutely the Best Scenery that I Have Seen)
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message 12 · sent:
2008-01-09 14:15
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| An absolutely fantastic job. My congratulations to everyone involved and my thanks for releasing this free of charge to the Flt Sim World. I'm not normally an 'eye candy' scenery type simmer being more interested in successful landings but Kai Tak requires the 'eye candy' to create the realism and the Creators of 9 Dragons have nailed it. My question - Is there going to be an FSX compatible release, commercial or otherwise and if so how do I obtain a copy of it? |
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Mark Down Under
from Sydney
(HongKong Kai Tak)
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message 13 · sent:
2008-01-09 18:21
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Hi;
Great work, when could we expect it in FSX.
Thank You |
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Stefan
from near munich
(you ruin my private-life !!)
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message 14 · sent:
2008-01-10 05:18
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you guys ruin my private-life 
I have no spare-time at all anymore, no rest and no sleep because i'm absolute addicted to this wonderful scenery
You guys did a phantastic job !!!
Thank you very very much.
Stefan from germany |
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Richard
from Co Donegal
(thanks 9d)
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message 15 · sent:
2008-01-10 14:47
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Thanks Guys a fantastic creation and free just shows what a great community the sim world is.
Thanks again Richard
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Alvin
from taxas
(Kai Tak - unbelivable!!!!!)
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message 16 · sent:
2008-01-10 16:50
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| just downloaded kai tak from Avsim, truely a beauty, kind of shuts down Chek Lap Kok, makes it a construction site. but Still enjoying Kai Tak |
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Edmond (Just another Kai Tak Spotter!)
from 9 Dragons
(Marvelously Realistic)
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message 17 · sent:
2008-01-10 19:20
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Hi guys,
My name is Edmond, a simmer since FS5.1 and a Kai Tak freak who live in Hong Kong.
I've been living just 2 blocks south of the Epson building from 1973 to 1992, and my former high school (which you have modeled) is located besides the checker board hill and the sports ground. I was just one of those guys spotting planes from all locations you mentioned in the pilot's guide.
Your awesome creation is so real! Surely a ground-breaking classic, and simply excels all (once fantastic) freeware / payware sceneries ever produced for Kai Tak and the city.
It runs so smooth even with most of the display slider moved to the right in my 3.0 GHz system!
just couldn't find a word to express how much I thank you for your great efforts and talents involved in this!!  |
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Ian Scott
from pennsylvania
(Kai Tak scenery)
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message 18 · sent:
2008-01-11 18:41
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| Thank you to all members of the MileHigh/9dragons team that produced the amazing Kai Tak scenery project. It is totally addictive and an incredibly excellent production. Great work folks - thanks for your dedication and generosity |
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Patrice
from Orly airport
(Merci beaucoup)
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message 19 · sent:
2008-01-13 11:55
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stayed at Kai-Tak for 5 years , I can said your job is "extraordinaire"
thanks a lot Guys |
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Leffe
from Sweden
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message 20 · sent:
2008-01-13 12:22
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Absolute fantastic!!!!.......It´s so darn incredbly well done. My applause to you guys.
/ Leffe
Ps. Long live FS9 Ds |
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John Burroughs
from Hong Kong
(Congratulations)
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message 21 · sent:
2008-01-14 15:59
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Congratulations!
You made page 3 of the Sunday Monday Post of 13 January with a quarter page spread!
I've installed the scenery and did a bit of 'sightseeing'. This is really impressive. I now need to modify some AI files to get flights into Kai Tak to make it really come to life.
Best regards
John Burroughs |
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Edmond
from 9 Dragons
('Sunday Morning Post' Article - Part 1)
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message 22 · sent:
2008-01-15 18:31
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Although the article mistakenly mentioned the 47-degree landing turn as 90, it's nice to see the project being featured on a famous local press, the SCMP.
Armchair pilots can go back in time to dicey Kai Tak landings
Barclay Crawford
Jan 13, 2008
The pilots loved it. Many of the passengers did, too, especially the plane spotters who came to Hong Kong just to land at Kai Tak airport.
Now they have their chance to experience Kai Tak's unforgettable landings as the airport reopens - in virtual reality.
Three dedicated gamers and programmers have spent the past three years recreating the airport for their game 9Dragons. |
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Edmond
from 9 Dragons
('Sunday Morning Post' Article - Part 2)
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message 23 · sent:
2008-01-15 18:32
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The game, for use with Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2004, maps out about 2,000 sq km of Hong Kong scenery for both night and day flying.
"This year will mark the 10th anniversary of the closure of Kai Tak, yet the airport remains just as popular as when it was the third-busiest passenger airport and second-busiest cargo terminal in the world," said Marcus Thompson, known as Clutch in the flight simulator subculture.
"We felt we had an obligation to our fellow simmers [simulator enthusiasts] to try and create a rendition of this icon in its heyday.
"We wanted it to be good enough that pilots could test their flying skills in surroundings which would heighten their experience when trying to land on the infamous runway 13." |
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Edmond
from 9 Dragons
('Sunday Morning Post' Article - Part 3)
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message 24 · sent:
2008-01-15 18:32
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For the pilots, the appeal of Kai Tak was in the challenge of the 90-degree-turn that had to be done by sight to bring the plane in to land, calling on all their skills.
For the passengers, it was the view below that made the Kai Tak landing special, as the plane reared up on its side for the descent at just 150 metres above the skyscrapers of Kowloon City below.
Kai Tak closed on July 6, 1998, and flights into the city were sold out in the lead-up to the final landing.
While the new Chek Lap Kok airport's sparkling facilities were certainly impressive, the famous landing is the one the computer aviators long for. |
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Edmond
from 9 Dragons
('Sunday Morning Post' Article - Part 4)
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message 25 · sent:
2008-01-15 18:33
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Hong Kong Air Traffic Control Association president Bill Leung was a junior controller when Kai Tak was still in operation, and he understands why the airport is still highly sought after in the virtual world.
Mr Leung, who owns a copy of Flight Simulator but has not seen the new creation, said all major airports had a "straight in" direct approach not requiring a "visual" turn like Kai Tak did over sprawling Kowloon City.
"There was such a tiny space in which to turn. It was much easier for the Cathay Pacific pilots because they had local experience and knew how to use the limited space," Mr Leung said. "But there were some airlines that didn't fly into Hong Kong much that were really scary." |
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Edmond
from 9 Dragons
('Sunday Morning Post' Article - Part 5)
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message 26 · sent:
2008-01-15 18:34
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excellent
Thanx to Everyone at 9Dragons! I have been simming since the Bruce Artwick version back in 1985. My current aircraft interest is the great A320 from Project Airbus. I commend everyone at 9Dragons again because it is the hard work of groups like you that makes FS9 what it is today! I will be installing the addon sometime today and looking forward to attempting the checkerboard approach at rwy 13. Many Tailwinds to You! 