Orange RAF Jet Aircraft in Victorian Aviation Museum Hangar

1 October 2019 · Manchester

Vivid orange fuselage, RAF roundel centred on the nose, cockpit canopy catching the diffused light from above — this jet sits on the museum floor like a graphic object as much as a machine. The Victorian iron-and-glass hangar at Manchester's aviation museum supplies the frame: ornate cast-iron columns and a warm timber roof grid that belongs to a different century than the aircraft beneath it. Bold engineering from two distinct eras sharing the same floor, each making the other look stranger and more considered.