Just resurrect the
beautiful
Beaufighter with modern aids and weaponry. Those two big Bristols with sleeve valves could absorb a lot of battle damage! Not for nothing did the Far Eastern Foe call her "Whispering Death."
OK, OK, I know that Useful Stacker and his mates will, quite rightly, point out the lack of Avgas 100/130, so how about a pair of TP 400s? 11,000 shp each should do the trick. The only problem I foresee is teaching the new generation how to land a taildragger.
