Stories
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Why I joined HAECO
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15
The apprentices
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MET flyer
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CV240
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Mistakes & even more mistakes
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19
Up in the air
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When boss calls
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Craftsmanship rules
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Package matters
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23
Seaplanes maintenance
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Reconfiguration
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25
Fixing the gas tank
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Tempting staff benefits
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27
New business
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28
747 inauguration
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29
New is not enough
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30
We rock the world
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31
Lufthansa incident
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Lau Tat Chiu
The brand new 747 “Jumbo Jet” of Pan Am arrived in Hong Kong for the first time in 1970. Do you know who was invited to Kai Tak to be the guest of the inaugural flight ceremony?
Bob
The Governor?
Jenny
The U.S.Embassy?
Lau Tat Chiu
Haha, just an ordinary fisherfolk…
The maiden arrival flight of Pan Am 747
Pan Am didn’t invite the Governor of Hong Kong to the inaugural ceremony of the first 747 flight to Hong Kong. The guest was a Tanka woman. In Pan Am’s seaplane era she helped tie up the seaplane buoys. It was a very special arrangement!
A Pan Am seaplane parked at Kai Tak in the 1930s.
Pan Am 747 landed at Kai Tai. It was more than twice the size of other aircrafts on the apron.
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