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British Airways’ flagship, the Concorde, arrives at Kai Tak Airport. Photo: SCMP
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On this day | Concorde in Hong Kong: a visual history of the supersonic aircraft at Kai Tak Airport

  • On the 20th anniversary of the last commercial British Airways Concorde flight on October 24, 2003, we look back at the times the supersonic airliner visited Hong Kong
  • The Anglo-French jet first arrived in Hong Kong on November 5, 1976 with Imelda Marcos, the wife of the president of the Philippines among those on board
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Concorde, the world’s first supersonic passenger jet, regularly graced the Hong Kong skies during the 27 years it was operated by Air France and British Airways.

In these pictures from the South China Morning Post’s archives, we look at the times our photographers caught the luxury aircraft on camera at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport.

A French Concorde (F-BTSC) carrying Imelda Marcos among its passengers arrives at Kai Tak Airport on November 5, 1976. Photo: C. Y. Yu
While the aircraft stopped over, the first lady of the Philippines found time to do some shopping, the Post reported at the time. Photo: Sam Chan
Concorde (F-BTSC) flies over Kowloon on November 6, 1976. Photo: Chan Kiu
Concorde (F-BTSC) takes off from Kai Tak Airport on November 6, 1976. Photo: Chan Kiu
Concorde (F-BTSC) pictured on November 6, 1976. It crashed on take-off at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport on July 25, 2000, killing everyone on board. Photo: C. Y. Yu
Captain Robert Arnott (right), of the luxury Queen Elizabeth II ocean liner, welcomes British Airways Captain Brian Walpole after the arrival of the Concorde at Kai Tak Airport in March 1985. Photo: SCMP
Ninety-six passengers on an around-the-world Concorde flight wait on the tarmac at Kai Tak Airport during a security alert in October 1989. Photo: SCMP
An Air France Concorde at Kai Tak Airport in November 1993. Photo: SCMP
A British Airways Concorde arrives at Kai Tak Airport in October 1994. Photo: Taras Kovaliv
Chan Tsz-long (right), a five-year-old leukaemia patient, and his three-year-old sister, Tik-ka (left), are thrilled to be given a tour of the flight deck of Concorde by Carol Ng in October 1996. Photo: David Thorpe
Philip Benson, senior first officer of the Concorde fleet, poses with nine-year-old Chau Hoi-Yee and four-year-old Hung Wan-sze after 50 youngsters from the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children are given a tour of the aircraft in September 1997. Photo: Antony Dickson
Philip Benson pokes his head out of the cockpit of a British Airways Concorde at Kai Tak Airport in September 1997. Photo: SCMP
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