As I mentioned my memories, despite being fairly recent ('95, '96 and early '98) are sketchy, I just remember the square columns inside the terminal building (you'll see them in a minute), the escalator going up to the viewing cafe place and the bank of telephones at the top and of course the long straight area where all the gates were. I even remember the name of a bloke I started talking to there once (where are you now Gable Merrick?) and even almost missing my plane once because the gate only opened about 5 minutes before departure and I was too busy wandering around with my pals taking snaps (now lost, I suspect). It's very disconcerting when you are running along a very busy terminal building and someone comes up to you and uses your own name to tell you to hurry (yes, I was the last person to board...).
Anyway, here are a few more pictures of Robert Culp inside the building.
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Man, I miss Kai Tak. No multi-story car park, bus / taxi ranks, etc. there yet, and I think the terminal building later got taller and doubled in length. (There was a slight incline between the two sections of building, capped by a disassociate metal ramp, if I remember correctly. There was also a staff canteen on the roof with superb food, and a few good places for plane spotting.
blimey! you have a much better memory than me (note to self: eat more fish oil)...
Hah -- my Dad worked at the airport, and my life somewhat revolved around it. (It was within walking distance of my school, and I spent a fair bit of my free time there, as I loved travel and wanted to be a pilot at the time.)
Hence I absorbed a lot of detail, and much of it remains. :-)
BTW, "disassociate" was my spellchecker going mad. Should've read "diamond-plate", just now noticed it.
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