Letters Home: Hong Kong · 28th April · The Last Flying Boats of Kai Tak

Today's letter takes Ella to Hong Kong, to the old Kai Tak waterfront in Kowloon Bay. The airport is long gone, replaced by a cruise terminal and a cycling track, but on the 28th of April it is worth stopping there. This is the anniversary of the day in 1937 when a Pan American flying boat called the Hong Kong Clipper touched down in this harbour at noon, completing the first scheduled commercial passenger flight across the Pacific. Seven passengers. Seven days. Eight thousand miles.

This letter is printed and posted to you as a letter should be. Part of the Letters Home series.

Size: A4 (210mm x 297mm). Printed double-sided on 100gsm heavyweight white paper. Sent flat in a brown cardboard envelope.