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For a client, the highly recommended Tangmere Military Aviation Museum near Chichester, I have created a high resolution interactive cockpit panorama of their English Electric Lightning F.53, ZF578.

 

The panorama has two parts - a daylight view, and a night view, with the cockpit light for the instruments switched on. Please use the "virtual switch" on the top left to toggle daylight!

 

In the daylight panorama, all controls, instruments, and switches are explained. Unfortunately, this does not work on touchscreen devices.

 

The panorama was shot inside a museum's hangar, using only available light.

 

Click on the photo below to open the panorama, and switch to full screen mode!

 

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Night view:

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If you are interested in future aircraft panoramas, please sign up to my mailing list!

 

A bit more about the panorama can be found here.

 

More aircraft are lined up for 2015. If you can think of an aircraft that could benefit from such work, please let me know!

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Harald Joergens

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For some reason, that pit reminds me of the X-Wing vs. Tie-Fighter series.

 

Very nice work indeed.

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Very niecely done Harald. I like all the info popups and the day/night switch idea.

 

Rgrads,

Milli

 

 

The volunteers at the museum have spent a lot of time to get the hydraulics for the canopy, and all the electrics for the cockpit lighting going again for the photography stage of the project.

 

Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is certainly worth a visit!

 

Regards

 

Harald

Harald Joergens

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Interactive Panoramas and Virtual Tours

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Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is certainly worth a visit!

 

Agreed! Excellent museum with some unique exhibits!

 

Did you try their Lightning simulator? That thing is my dream simpit.

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Great work,

Yes it is an excellent museum, I was last there in the late 90s and it is the Airfield where my father served during WW2

 

Hope you dint mind that I post a link to the website/ cockpit tour to the English Electric Lightning Appreciation Group on facebook, there are a good few ex lightning pilots that frequent the group.

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Clan Cameron

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On the question about the un-identified object on the starboard console:

Well from my manuals it is only on the F-53, the P1 right through to the F6 don't have it, nor is it on the T55. In the F-53 service manual there is nothing directly indicating what it is either, the only thing I can find is reference to a temperature/pressure sensor for the cockpit in that approximate area, and that is not listed on the F6 manual, it could also be to do with the pressure regulator for the anti-G suit as that has pressure feed lines coming up around there too.

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Clan Cameron

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Great work,

Yes it is an excellent museum, I was last there in the late 90s and it is the Airfield where my father served during WW2

 

Hope you dint mind that I post a link to the website/ cockpit tour to the English Electric Lightning Appreciation Group on facebook, there are a good few ex lightning pilots that frequent the group.

 

Thanks, Alicatt! I would appreciate any sharing of the link!

 

The Tangmere museum is certainly an interesting place! The original runway can clearly be seen, and there are still some bullit holes from a Luftwaffe attack during WWII in a wall of one of the buildings.

Harald Joergens

Harald Joergens Photography

Interactive Panoramas and Virtual Tours

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On the question about the un-identified object on the starboard console:

Well from my manuals it is only on the F-53, the P1 right through to the F6 don't have it, nor is it on the T55. In the F-53 service manual there is nothing directly indicating what it is either, the only thing I can find is reference to a temperature/pressure sensor for the cockpit in that approximate area, and that is not listed on the F6 manual, it could also be to do with the pressure regulator for the anti-G suit as that has pressure feed lines coming up around there too.

 

Alicatt, thanks for investigating! That un-identified object is indeed a bit ofa mistery!

Would it help if I could find (and post here) a more detailed photo of the "object"?

 

Thanks!

 

Harald

Harald Joergens

Harald Joergens Photography

Interactive Panoramas and Virtual Tours

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Alicatt, thanks for investigating! That un-identified object is indeed a bit ofa mistery!

Would it help if I could find (and post here) a more detailed photo of the "object"?

 

Thanks!

 

Harald

 

Please that would, I can ask the service bods on the group if anyone knows.

 

On closer look at the diagrams it is not the anti-G control as it is mounted on the side of the console between it and the seat. The one major difference between the F-53 and the F-3 or F-6 is the F-53 has air conditioning and a cooler to keep the cockpit at the correct temperature.

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Clan Cameron

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Please that would, I can ask the service bods on the group if anyone knows.

 

On closer look at the diagrams it is not the anti-G control as it is mounted on the side of the console between it and the seat. The one major difference between the F-53 and the F-3 or F-6 is the F-53 has air conditioning and a cooler to keep the cockpit at the correct temperature.

 

That's the best I can do since all the photography was done with an 8-15mm lens:

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Could it have something to do with the IFF unit? The two buttons behind look a bit like the IFF self destruct buttons on the Spitfire.

Harald Joergens

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Interactive Panoramas and Virtual Tours

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Those two buttons just aft of the item are the engine start buttons :)

 

Thanks, that's certainly a different purpose then!

 

The same unknown "thingy" is in the photo you posted, without a number - perhaps there is nothing the pilot can do with it, but it needs to be accessible for maintenance?

Harald Joergens

Harald Joergens Photography

Interactive Panoramas and Virtual Tours

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That's just it, I can't find a direct reference to it either in the pilot's notes, ground handling notes or the service manual, the F-53 service manual I have is a bit sparse in detail compared with the F-6 and T-55 manuals I have and that particular item is absent in that location in the F-6 and T-55.

I have posted up your pic of the item on the group and asked the question... :)

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Clan Cameron

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Thanks, that's certainly a different purpose then!

 

The same unknown "thingy" is in the photo you posted, without a number - perhaps there is nothing the pilot can do with it, but it needs to be accessible for maintenance?

The frequency card holder covers it when it is in use too,

 

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Clan Cameron

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Engine sound added and unclear items defined

 

Thanks to the Lightning Preservation Group, a recording of a Lightning engine start-up sound has been added.

 

There is only one digital "button" for both engines. It's on the starboard side, see the photo below.

 

If your device has a mouse cursor, the explanation will pop up, if you are using a touchscreen device, just tap on the area.

 

There will be a change in the next few days - right now the button does Start/Pause, and not Start/Stop.

 

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Harald Joergens

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