Solstice Park sculpture identity

I don’t think so, although ‘Bladehenge’ across the road from the Gazelle Dragonfly outside the hotel represents jet engine blades arranged as a Henge.

Sorry – slip of the finger on keyboard.

If you didn’t know, the Dragonfly is one of a number of themed artworks around the Soltice Park site, all of which were produced by the QinetiQ apprentices at MoD Boscombe Down.

Are any of the others made from recognisable aircraft parts?

Noted today that there is a giant Dragonfly sculpture at Solstice Park, Amesbury (Wiltshire) – I don’t go down the A303 much but it has been there a while, or so I am led to believe.
Anyway, even as I sped past I thought “that looks like a Gazelle pod…”

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A little research indicates that it is a Gazelle pod, and an inverted boom although I couldn’t see that. What the research didn’t dig up was…which Gazelle(s) donated their dignity to art?

Not much else around – just an Army Lynx which overflew somewhere around Thruxton. Is it a bank holiday weekend?;o)

Update: looked on Demobbed to find that it is/was formerly HT3 ZA904…

Its actually ZA804 and was officially unveiled on 11/06/07

HTH

BobT

It has been the subject of an April Fools jape in the past when a pair of large yellow webbed feet were hung from the mesh covering the canopy. This resulted in it looking more like a duck than a Dragonfly.
If you didn’t know, the Dragonfly is one of a number of themed artworks around the Soltice Park site, all of which were produced by the QinetiQ apprentices at MoD Boscombe Down.

I did mention it had been there a while, but it has only been mentioned once here – and then only in passing.

I hate to say this guys but it’s been there at least 4 years, I see it every day from my house.

Looks cool 🙂

I like it! Good looking helo makes attractive sculpture!