360 degree cockpit views (nms.ac.uk)

Often with these kind of 360 degree images, you can look "down" and see the camera stand (or a big black circle where they cut it out of the picture). In these, you can't see the camera at all. It's impressively seamless.

Also, you can zoom in on stuff, which is nice.

I always wondered how many of those controls and indicators are regularly used during a flight.

When you turn the camera the perspective shifts, as if you're inside a cube with pictures on its walls. Is it that hard to fix to get more real feel like in a 3rd game?

Edit: default zoom is too wide-angle. Zoom in and everything is so much better.

The pilots in the Vulcan had ejector seats, but not the crew in the rear area?

I remember as a child of about 11 watching a Vulcan doing a very low pass over the small village where I lived - what an awesome sight!

Looks like a visit down to East Fortune is called for!

If you liked that, take a look at the Navigation and Bombing computer from the Vulcan, restored to working condition by the brilliant Tatjana van Vark: http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/tvve/dduck0.html

(you must look at her other work if you haven't yet, it's a treasure trove of cool stuff: http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/index.html#works )

iphone, ipad html5 version http://m.ba.net/util/panoramic