Kieran Turner's photos with the keyword: fleet air arm

If you're very wee!

If you're very wee!

Kieran Turner
03 Oct 2008 72
(I'm standing right next to it, on the same floor level. It's about three feet high!)
Reflections of the self I

Reflections of the self I

Kieran Turner
03 Oct 2008 59
Okay, since people have asked... it's a presentation with a television and a series of mirrors all around it at two angles of attack. From any distance away, it looks like a globe of televisions, even though there's only one actual screen. From close up... hello!
Concorde 002 hotseat

Concorde 002 hotseat

Kieran Turner
03 Oct 2008 59
Shame I didn't have a polariser with me, but then, I'd have needed a tripod too. Aaaanyway, here's the decidedly analogue main flight control for the very first ever British Concorde. (There was a French prototype too — 001.) By the end of Concorde's life as a commercial airliner, this scene was altogether more computerised and made up of screens, of course. As it was though, I sat for a while trying to imagine keeping abreast of everything here and actually flying the thing. It was also rather sad to see this aeroplane with all its test and measurement equipment and markings, and to think that whilst they were watching closely as the wings deflected and the fuselage stretched (by several inches during every supersonic flight!), the undoubtedly wonderful engineers nevertheless missed the flaw that would cause several rudders to fail and contribute to the type's demise.
Reflections of the self II

Reflections of the self II

Kieran Turner
03 Oct 2008 90
Okay, since people have asked... it's a presentation with a television and a series of mirrors all around it at two angles of attack. From any distance away, it looks like a globe of televisions, even though there's only one actual screen. From close up... hello!
Reflections of the self III

Reflections of the self III

Kieran Turner
03 Oct 2008 76
Okay, since people have asked... it's a presentation with a television and a series of mirrors all around it at two angles of attack. From any distance away, it looks like a globe of televisions, even though there's only one actual screen. From close up... hello!
Reflections of the self IV

Reflections of the self IV

Kieran Turner
03 Oct 2008 64
Okay, since people have asked... it's a presentation with a television and a series of mirrors all around it at two angles of attack. From any distance away, it looks like a globe of televisions, even though there's only one actual screen. From close up... hello!