Mural in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, November 2018
This mural commemorates the first aircraft to fly in Hong Kong: on 18 March 1911, Charles Van den Born flew his 1910 vintage Farman III over Hong Kong’s Sha Tin beach.
The importance of this event is also recognised at Hong Kong International Airport (aka Chek Lop Kok). For the opening of this new airport, it was decided to commission a replica of the Farman aircraft. In 1997, the replica recreated the flight over Sha Tin and was the first aircraft to land at the new airport. The airport officially opened in 1998, and the aircraft now hangs in the terminal, looking just like the mural that now decorates a wall in Sha Tin.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 17 December 2018
Enjoying street art has become a regular event on my travels around the world: more of my findings can be seen here
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Great depiction of that first flight. Thanks Debbie, another great mural.
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…it seems that everyone has a first in flight.
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Nice image, he looks happy to fly.
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This truly is a great and important mural!
I “hate” flying, but I´m so thankful people like him made it possible and soon I´ll be off on two long flights, too. (I wish, though, Scotty would show up in a mural and beaming is as natural as flying! ;-)…)
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I hope you have a good trip, despite the flight bit!
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Great mural! I’m amazed when they can still fly those old bi-wing planes.
best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
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I like your happy chappy sitting on the plane wing 🙂 🙂 Happy Monday, Debs!
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Another wonderful bit of street art Debbie 🙂
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