Cheers! With that id does indeed look like a seat for looking two ways. hope it goes somewhere useful.

Spitfire seat for sale in Essex:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Leather-Aeroplane-Seat-WW2-World-War-2-WWII-/301265674502?pt=UK_CPV_Aviation_SM&hash=item4624d56106

Beaufighters had the throttle on the left, so the brake lever needed to be on the right. You need brakes and throttle to taxi, brakes and gun button less so!

Great photo, Enigma_loner. Ebay is still your best bet for grips. Hunter ones are sometimes around the £100 mark if you’re prepared to watch and wait. Aero jumbles also a good, available North and South but not much in the middle of the country.
Very nice yoke Darrell, amazing where Government surplus turns up! I wonder how much that cost us as taxpayers? Saw your Brooklands Retrojumble post. Well done on the Beaufort brake paddle. Having got the Blenheim example I gave up on a left hander, couldn’t be that lucky again. Is it from the same source? Must continue work on the mounting plates.

Well that’s fairly conclusive GYD. Lovingly hand stolen etc…

Going by the grip thread, you have it as co pilot Sycamore grip Tony, thought it looked familiar. Anything else appealing at War and Peace?

An enjoyable day but marred by cancellations. A pity they couldn’t find some replacements. The free display at Weston a couple of weeks ago had the Sea Vixen cancel and immediately replaced it with a Venom, a very fair exchange. There was also too much candy floss, fudge a trinketry on sale. Probably for the best in terms of bringing money home but disappointing on the book front after last year. Another historic which hasn’t been mentioned was the KC135 tanker, 58-0100. Twice the age of the crew!