| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | Not known |
| Other Marks: | E |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed P-3 Orion |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed P-3 Orion |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed EP-3... Orion |
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| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Nottingham / Nottingham Contemporary [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 4 May 2011 |
| Photo by: | Mick Bajcar |
| Photo ID: | 4636 |
| Photo Comment |
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This modern sculpture by Huang Yong Ping is the Bat Project IV from 2004 relating to a major diplomatic incident when a US Navy EP-3 on a spying mission collided with a Chinese fighter in Chinese airspace. Here stuffed bats hang from the cockpit of a real aircraft, an allusion to the bat logo on the fin of the offending aircraft. Exhibited for a short time, the first time in Europe in the Nottingham Contemporary gallery, it is strange yet enthralling This photo is copyright © Mick Bajcar, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 5 August 2017, and has since been viewed 589 times. |