Military Aircraft Cockpit Through Canopy Glass, RAF Museum

1 October 2019 · Manchester

Curved canopy glass compresses the whole working interior into a single plane — navigation chart folded on the console, instrument gauges clustered to the left, a jettison label stencilled in yellow above the frame. The museum hall reflects back through the acrylic in broad white smears, layering the present over the preserved past. Riveted olive-drab metal holds everything together at the edges, the hardware of function stripped of any ornament.