Speaking of the political procurement of the Tucano, the aircraft were built my Short's mostly Roman Catholic workforce and when the aircraft were delivered from the factory, they were left on a remote stand on the other side of the airfield for four weeks just in case they had a bomb built into them! (The longest duration timer available to the IRA was 28 days allegedly!
There was a hangar queen Tincano at CFS Scampton during my time there. They took the ejection seats out for servicing and they couldn't get them back in again. Seemed that someone at Shorts had a setsquare that was well past its best!