Victorian Hangar Interior, Museum of Science and Industry Manchester

1 October 2019 · Manchester

Two generations of aviation share the floor at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. The Victorian iron-and-timber roof arches overhead in clean geometric rhythm — cast columns, arched trusses, skylights drawing in flat northern light — while a yellow-winged biplane and the Allied Airways de Havilland G-ADAH sit below it as if still waiting for departure. The hangar was built for industry long before flight was a serious proposition. That the aircraft ended up here feels less like coincidence than inevitability.