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Seven years after the first flight of a heavier-than-air controlled aeroplane in 1903 in aviation|1903, planes were already flying in Hong Kong. The first privately-owned airport in Hong Kong was located in Sha Tin. On March 18 1911, the aeroplane of the Begium|Belgian pilot, Charles den Bron (1874-1958), successfully took off at the airport in Sha Tin. This marked an important moment in the aviation history of Hong Kong. The aeroplane was named as the "Spirit of Sha Tin" (Traditional Chinese character|Chinese: ???????????????). There is a replica of the aeroplane in the Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok. The year 1924 was a critical point of aviation history of Hong Kong, when the story of Kai Tak began. The location of Kai Tak belonged to two billionaires Ho Kai and Au Tak, who owned the land before the government acquired the land (the land originally did not have a name), which explains the name of the airport. First planned as an estate site, the land was given to the government after the plan failed. Sooner it became a RAF Kai Tak|small airport for the Royal Air Force, flying clubs and pilot training centre. The first domestic airline company was set up in 1936. In 1962 the passenger terminal was completed, and Kai Tak became an international airport, renamed Hong Kong International Airport. But it remains popularly known as Kai Tak Airport. The old airport at Kai Tak finally retired at midnight July 5, 1998, and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok began in service in the morning of the following day. Many aviation enthusiasts were upset with the demise of Kai Tak because of the unique approach. As private aviation is not allowed at Chek Lap Kok, some enthusiasts had lobbied to keep around 1km of the Kai Tak runway for private aviation. Hong Kong-stub aero-stub category:History of Hong Kong category:Aviation in Hong Kong category:Aviation history|Hong Kong This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Aviation history of Hong Kong".
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