Parachutes
Will try and answer some of the previous questions soon, but will join in the parachute topic now.
I cannot remember exactly the details , but as far as I remember the pilots seat in a Lanc was a very simple affair. Constructed of aluminium , with no padding. I think it had a depression in the bottom to accommodated the shute , so not sitting on the chute, the pilot would be sitting about ten inches lower which would reduce the pilots forward view I would imagine when I took over to the give the skipper a rest, I would sit on my chest ‘clip on’ shute, unless the skipper left his chute in the depression Can you remember Regle,? but later Lancs may have been fitted with more sophisticated seats similar to the American ‘armchairs’. I would only take over for fifteen minutes, as I had to change tanks, calculate fuel used, record temps, pressures, etc.
Regle the picture I was referring to was of a Halifax and not a Stirling. Entitled avec mustache. 0 out of 10 for my aircraft recognition.