A copy of Barry Jones book on Shackletons arrived today and although it does not show the chairs in discussion it has pics of the met and electronic seats in an MR1 that fit in with the AP.

Oracal I know it is an Avro chair and  that is about all is fact. 

It is very similar to the Shackletons pilot seat. But there are a few design changes.

Although there are similarities to the Lanc/Lincoln/York pilots seat it is a step further away. 

My issue is that there are very few images inside the MR1/T4. The vast majority of images are from the later versions.  There are only two nose sections still around and there are not many images inside.

I think it is a crew seat from an early version -what position I don’t know.  It looks simialr to the WOPS in the britmodeller image but could be from any of the crew positions ??

The combination of Hawker and AW allowed me to narrow it down- It is a spent link chute from a Sea Hawk. It was in the airframe section rather than the armament section.

Pictures of the seat and the C1119 manual. I think this is the pilots seat from the wear on the top RHS.

The date plate shows it was made for FAC in 1952.

This long range seat has recline, height and fore/aft control. I will get new cushions made.