Vote for the greatest post-WW2 RAF Jet fighter/ the new RAF Benevolent Fund microsite

[Park82]

Here at the RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF) we have produced a special new microsite to celebrate our 90th anniversary - the site is called "90 Faces of the RAFBF" and can be viewed at:

 

http://www.rafbf90.org.uk

 

To celebrate our 90 years of work since being established by Lord Trenchard in 1919, our new site features 90 stories about our beneficiaries, history, fundraisers and supporters. If you visit you can listen to Winston Churchill's famous 1951 radio appeal on behalf of the RAFBF, watch videos of beneficiaries and serving RAF personnel describe how we help, learn about the enormous support we enjoy among the RAF family and vote in our poll -

 

The Poll

 

We are running a poll for the greatest post-WW2 RAF fighter jet - at the moment the Hawker Hunter is pulling way ahead, so join in the vote and let us know what you think!

[Adam Elsdon]

Hunter, nice and agile but a bit weedy, nobody talks about how epic they were, bring in the Lightning, short range but monstrous performance, and more stories about them than you can shake a stick at.

After that i would of gone for the Harrier, a very successful aircraft.

[Park82]

Thanks to all who have voted so far in our poll. With nearly 3,000 votes now cast, the Hunter still leads but the Lightning has somewhat surprisingly dropped away from second place, overtaken by the Phantom and Tornado - the Phantom in particular having made a sudden surge... Do please vote if you haven't already (or perhaps even if you have) - the poll's open for another 10 days.

 

No-one feeling a little sympathy for the Vampire? First jet aircraft to make, as wikipedia puts it, an "intentional and planned" landing and take-off on an aircraft carrier...

[berna2vm]

I could go with either the Lightning or Phantom(that dihedral,so sexy!),but what about the Gloster Javelin, what a shape!!!

Are you related to Keith Park, one of my heroes?

[ArtistsRifles]

I'll go with the Hunter too - may lack the drama of the Lightning but oh so much more versatile!!

[berna2vm]

No afterburner,though! Less fun at airshows...

[thedawnpatrol]

Yep,

 

Put me down for a Hunter............

then again I did own one many years ago!

[Park82]

Our poll to find the best post-WW2 fighter jet has now closed. With over 5,000 votes cast, we can announce that the winner is the Tornado - you can review the results in full at:

 

www.rafbf90.org.uk

 

The Hunter enjoyed a really comfortable lead for a long time, then was suddenly overtaken by the Phantom and Tornado at the last minute.

 

Thanks for all your votes, and look out for our new poll coming next week!