This link arrived in my inbox. Some cool stuff, including in cockpit shots of the B-26 Marauder.
Also the museum’s one of my favourites, in part due to the quality and innovation of their displays, some shown here.
By: TwinOtter23 - 22nd November 2010 at 08:14
Not really – it’s called ‘playing the game’ or ‘working with the system not against it!’ 😉
In fairness they (VAQAS) have also made some valuable suggestions that have encouraged us to look at the way we present our displays to a wider visitor base i.e. the general public; rather than to a slightly more restricted visitor base i.e. the aviation enthusiast.
In reality (perhaps I ought not to be saying this on an aviation forum) this is a good suggestion as there are far more members of the general public to be encouraged to visit the museum, than there are aviation enthusiasts. We’ve also been consulting with them, a bit like we tried on here last year. Some details are highlighted here that explain some of the fresh consultation that has been trialled for ‘non-users’.
We have a number of new ideas currently being evaluated and trialled as a result of the VAQAS & non-user suggestions. Ironically the aviation enthusiast might also find them interesting. 🙂
By: Sky High - 22nd November 2010 at 07:07
Sorry – more on NAMs latest VAQAS Assessment here! 😮
Most venues are encouraged to be assessed and it does open up important funding opportunities!
Isn’t that called blackmail?;)
By: stangman - 22nd November 2010 at 01:40
I can’t view these 360s at the mo, but yes cockpit interiors of WWII British and American aircraft were painted green.
Thanks for that pagen01, it just seemed to be a very strange sort of green!
By: TwinOtter23 - 21st November 2010 at 23:21
Sorry – more on NAMs latest VAQAS Assessment here! 😮
Most venues are encouraged to be assessed and it does open up important funding opportunities!
By: Joe Petroni - 21st November 2010 at 22:44
Who are VAQAS?
A Quango we could do without?
By: super sioux - 21st November 2010 at 22:27
Who are VAQAS?
‘Visitors are questioned about something!:D
By: FLY.BUY - 21st November 2010 at 21:42
🙁 Sadly NAM took their 360 degree tours off their website thanks to the advice received in their VAQAS inspections as – “they made us feel dizzy!”
Fortunately the link is still here http://www.panoguide.com/gallery/554/ there’s also some information on the technique on the site. 🙂
Who are VAQAS?
By: pagen01 - 21st November 2010 at 20:38
One other thing the colour green inside the cockpit , i have seen this on many restored flyable Warbirds. Is this an authentic service colour or is just something peculiar to modern day restorations?
I can’t view these 360s at the mo, but yes cockpit interiors of WWII British and American aircraft were painted green. The British green was a lighter shade (Humbrol 78 as I call it!) than what was used on American aircraft.
Do ‘cockpit interior’ search on here and google and you should find references and photos.
There is a thread on here somewhere about the origins of the British colour, though obviously not relevant to the A-26
By: Denis - 21st November 2010 at 17:34
I have been meaning to get to this museum for a while now. Looks like it has to be on the cards for next year. It is the nearest I am ever going to get to a B-26!
By: Sky High - 21st November 2010 at 16:28
Terrific stuff here! Looks as though the Musee has stolen a march on Hendon and the IWM. And nmif the technology is as simple as described here you wonder the technique has not been exploited more.
By: stangman - 21st November 2010 at 13:12
Love the 360′ of the A-26 cockpit, the sight of that huge engine and propellor mere feet from the pilot must be awesome when running!.
One other thing the colour green inside the cockpit , i have seen this on many restored flyable Warbirds. Is this an authentic service colour or is just something peculiar to modern day restorations?
By: TwinOtter23 - 21st November 2010 at 11:54
🙁 Sadly NAM took their 360 degree tours off their website thanks to the advice received in their VAQAS inspections as – “they made us feel dizzy!”
Fortunately the link is still here http://www.panoguide.com/gallery/554/ there’s also some information on the technique on the site. 🙂
By: Postfade - 21st November 2010 at 10:50
Nothing too difficult with the technology. It’s done by mounting a digital camera on a rotating ‘panoramic head’.
The camera is usually fitted with a wide angle lens, often a fish-eye and is mounted in ‘portait view’, as this provides the best overlaps of images. Shots are taken so that shot each overlaps the next one, which then provide suitable ‘matching points’ and are stitched together with suitable software.
You can even do it ‘by hand’ if you carefully align say a couple of suitable photos.
This site is the best source for both images and information on ‘panoramas’:
http://www.panoramas.dk/
By: JDK - 21st November 2010 at 09:57
No problem, it’s all good stuff! 🙂
There may be a link on the French one to the technology.
By: spitfireman - 21st November 2010 at 09:41
Brilliant stuff, particularly the Spitfire:D
This 360 photography is stunning, I wonder how much the camera costs?
JDK, I put a link up earlier with a Vulcan, Comet and Concorde with the same technology at another museum.
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=104392
will delete if you take offence:o
Baz
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