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The car park moves to the landside of the terminal
A long, stepped car park beside the terminal, with footbridges, the clock wall and the spotters' crowd on its roof, as in the 1990s photos.
The multi-storey car park has moved. It now stands where it did in 1998: on the landside of the passenger terminal, between the terminal and Prince Edward Road, running alongside the terminal and joined to it by covered footbridges. The clock and the big HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT KAI TAK sign have moved with it, onto the car park's end wall, and the plane spotters crowd the roof above them, as in the period photos.
Where it was, and where it is now
Before, the car park was a square block off the far end of the terminal, out by the tank farm. The photos and the Kai Tak model tell a different story: a long, stepped building on the north side of the terminal, parallel to it, with the road on its other side. The new car park is about 300 m long and has two sections: a taller one toward the maintenance area and a lower one toward the runway. Stair and lift towers rise on the terminal side, and three footbridges cross to the terminal wall.
The clock wall
The clock and the airport sign, in English and Chinese, were on the end wall of the car park, not on the terminal itself. They are there now, facing the runway end and the road that runs past it.
The spotters' roof
The roof of the lower section is where the crowds stood. Cars park over most of the deck, but the runway end is kept clear and full of people, thickest along the parapets. The car park is now taller than the terminal, so from the roof you look out over it, across Kowloon City and the IGS turn, and down the apron to the runway. The stairwell head with its exit and caution signs is still there, behind the crowd.
Try this
Start Plane Spotter and choose Car park roof from the Plane spotter menu, or press C until it comes up.
多層停車場搬咗位。而家佢企返 1998 年嘅位置：喺客運大樓嘅陸側，夾喺大樓同太子道東之間，沿住大樓伸延，用有蓋行人天橋連接。個大鐘同「HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT KAI TAK 香港啟德國際機場」大招牌都跟住搬咗過去，掛喺停車場嘅盡頭外牆，觀機嘅人就逼滿上面個天台，同舊相一樣。
以前喺邊，而家喺邊
以前停車場係大樓遠端一座四四方方嘅建築，喺油庫附近。但舊相同啟德模型講嘅唔係咁：佢係一座長條形、分兩級嘅建築，喺大樓北面，同大樓平行，另一邊就係馬路。新停車場大約 300 米長，分兩段：近維修區嗰段高啲，近跑道嗰段矮啲。大樓嗰邊有樓梯同升降機塔，仲有三條行人天橋過去客運大樓外牆。
大鐘外牆
個大鐘同中英文機場招牌其實係掛喺停車場嘅盡頭外牆，唔係喺客運大樓度。而家佢哋就喺嗰度，向住跑道嗰頭同埋經過嘅馬路。
觀機天台
矮嗰段嘅天台就係人群企嘅地方。大部分位置泊滿車，但跑道嗰頭留空，企滿人，欄河邊最多。停車場而家比客運大樓高，所以喺天台可以望過大樓頂，睇住九龍城同 IGS 轉彎，再沿停機坪望去跑道。樓梯間連出口同小心標誌牌仲喺度，喺人群後面。
試吓
開始 觀機，喺觀機位置選單揀 停車場天台，或者一直撳 C 直到見到佢。
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