This helps explain about the seat situation, especially 11.2, http://www.ejectorseats.co.uk/rules.html

I just hope they don’t go the way of the Weston Catalina.
Realsitically what would the likely outcome be for these two be?

Lovely though it is, I cannot think of anything about the Mosquito that can be called innovative.:)

The Mosquito was innovative in ushering in a new concept of a successful and aerodynamically advanced multi-role combat type, fighter, night figter, fighter bomber, fast bomber, strike, photo recce, path finder, torpedo bomber, trainer.
Of course the Beaufighter similar but wasn’t as successful in regard of crew disposition, variety of roles, and performance.
Canberra and Tornado followed in the footsteps.

The Harier certainly was innovative, especially when seen in the context of other VTOL ideas at the time, it managed to use a single vectored engine intead of multiples of lift and thrust engines. 40 years of British service and longer elsewhere shows the idea worked, and the fact that the legacy lives on in new VTOL designs such as the F-35

I do think that the UK was the most innovative when it came to aircraft and aviation concepts, but not always the best at following up the ideas into fully successful production types.

If that Sea Harrier is an FSM it’s been super detailled!
I believe its ZH801/123.

Apparently ‘Sally B’ has B-29 main-wheels fitted.

I have seen it on other forums that fitting the improved B-29 wheel to the B-17 is quite common on many of the American preserved examples.

PA474s mainwheels certainly appear to be Shackleton, with cooling fins on their port sides.

Re the Lanc tail wheel tyres, there maybe original ones about, but would they have the paper trail and known integrity to be fitted to a flying aircraft, if Airbus ones (which will be new and have a high rating) are on the shelf and fit, makes more sense to use them?

Airbus A340 nose 40.5 X 15.5 R10, Lancaster tail 12.5 x 10 (twin contact), so I’m thinking plausible.

I remember a tour around the RNHF in the early ’90s revealled that a ready supply of tyres for the Firefly mainwheels came in the shape of Nimrod tyres.

I was wondering if it was down to production economy of using the Beaufort wing, but surely the machine gun installation and feed system in itself would have required a greater structural redesign than relocating the lamps?