Category: Transport

Hunting-Clan Air Transport – 1950s military personnel contracts between HK and the UK

Articles, Non-Hong Kong Companies, Transport
Hunting Clan Plane At Heathrow IDJ Detail Image 1

Our recently posted articles about the Far Eastern Aviation Company appear to have reminded IDJ about a couple of smaller British airlines both with a slight Hong Kong connection. First up the rather posh sounding Hunting-Clan Air Transport to be followed shortly by Lloyd International Airways Ltd. “Hunting-Clan Air Transport was a wholly private, British  independent airline that was founded in the […]

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Ping Shan – proposed airport for Hong Kong

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IDJ: When Hong Kong was liberated in September 1945, one of the military groups diverted to assist restoring the city’s electricity, gas and water utilities and railway was the Royal Air Force’s No. 5358 Airfield Construction Wing that was part of Shield Force. This fleet of Royal Navy Cruisers and Aircraft Carriers plus their support ships were transporting 3000 airman […]

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Chinese Airline buys Bailey’s Shipyard – a hotbed of political strife 1949-1955

Articles, Shipyards + Shipping, Transport

IDJ: During 1948 and 1949 there was immense turmoil in China as the Nationalist and Communist factions battled for control of the country. Events were moving towards a climax. As a result, the Chinese airlines CNAC (China National Aviation Corporation), CAT (Civil Air Transport) both with Sino-American interests and flight crews, and Central Air Transport (nationalist government owned) all based […]

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Proposed Tramway linking Victoria and Aberdeen by Peak tunnel, 1906-1910

Articles, People, Transport

IDJ has sent an extract from a book by Martin Barnett published in 1984 about the history of tramways in Hong Kong. HF: Chevalier R Pescio was an Italian with an exotic name and an alluring proposal. Namely to build a tramway between Victoria  and Aberdeen. He repeatedly tried to obtain government interest in this scheme between 1906 and 1910 […]

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China International Motors (鎧興汽車) – Distributor of Bedford, Vauxhall and Buick automobiles

Articles, General, Hong Kong Companies, Transport
China International Motors Detail Image 7 York Lo

York Lo: China International Motors (鎧興汽車) – Distributor of Bedford, Vauxhall and Buick automobiles Left: China International Motors ad from the 1950s; Right: Vauxhall ad in the HK Police Magazine in 1956 The American auto giant General Motors (GM) once had a significant presence in the HK automobile market from the late 1940s to the 1960s with its Chevrolet and […]

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Rosalind Henwood of Flying Cargo – Pioneer of the Air Freight Industry in Hong Kong

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People, Transport
Rosalind Henwood Detail Image York Lo

York Lo: Rosalind Henwood of Flying Cargo – Pioneer of the Air Freight Industry in Hong Kong According to HKTDC, there were 1314 air cargo forwarders in HK employing 17287 that handled 4.5 million tons of air freight in 2016 and the HK International Airport also ranked first in the world in terms of international air cargo throughput last year. […]

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Imperial Airways – Hong Kong staff

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Imperial Airways Plane Location And Date Unknown

On 28th August 2024 Phil Edward Kenny left the following comment attached to this article: The Imperial Airways terminal is still in London. It’s next to Victoria Station and is now used as the National Audit Office. HF: Imperial Airways was an early British Commercial long-range airline, operating from 1924 to 1939 and principally serving the British Empire routes to […]

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AEC Regent V – Kowloon Bus Company buses 1960s

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Transport

James Chan: The article, The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd – Timeline, got me thinking about KMB buses in the 1960s. I found this: 1954 Model introduced. The AEC Regent V was a front-engined double-decker bus built by the Associated Equipment Company between 1954 and 1969. The Regent V had AEC’s own frontal design and concealed radiator as standard, It was […]

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Captain FA Swoffer, Chief Pilot, Arnholds Aviation, China, early 1930s

Articles, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People, Transport
Arnhold Aviation Detail B Of Capt FA Swoffer In Group Photo At Mukden

HF: In the spring of 1928 Arnhold & Co, Ltd. decided to start selling aircraft and hired WEF Jones to head the operation. The Arnhold Aviation Department was born on 1 April 1928. A two-seat de Havilland DH 60 Moth was purchased for demonstrations in Shanghai and arrived early in 1929 and Captain FA Swoffer was engaged as Chief Pilot. […]

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