Reini78 Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Did the early Mk I without the back armour have a different seatbelt arrangement than the later ones with armour? Found this pic where the belts look like the Italian harness style.. b67a36e6978f07ac80c4b1291125f8d2 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Looks to me most of what you can see in the seat there is a parachute with harness. There's a bit of the sutton seat harness up the stbd side of the seat mounting frame. Note the early wire and ring door release and lack of crowbar Oh, and HRH KGVI getting a good talking to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldynewby Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 15 hours ago, Dave Swindell said: Oh, and HRH KGVI getting a good talking to. Oi! That'll be HM KGVI to you young fella me lad! Show some respect and get yer 'air cut, you 'orrible little man! Seriously though, there's a very good description of the Sutton Harness here:http://spitfiresite.com/2010/04/the-sutton-harness-on-the-spitfire.html 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roberts Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Great photo, thank you for posting. PR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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