Well written Brian,you have obviously done a lot of research on the Barra,it really was an odd looking machine and I am very glad that I never had to fly one,I would imagine a young inexperienced pilots first meeting with a Barra would require brown trousers.
Eric Brown did however think it was easy to deck land,ie once the power was cut..the a/c would ‘plant’ itself on the deck and remain firmly glued to it!!.

cheers baz