[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-14028231

Britain's oldest flying jet aircraft has landed at Coventry Airport where it will be used in air shows and for pilot training.

The Gloster Meteor T7 G-BWMF first flew in 1943 and was the first operational jet to be used in World War II. It flew until 1965.

The model that will be based in Coventry was built in 1949.

Safety checks delayed its arrival by more than an hour and it landed with a smoking cowl, which will be inspected.

Ahead of its move to Coventry, the aircraft underwent a £500,000 rebuild at Gloucestershire's Kemble Airfield.

As part of its flight on Tuesday, it flew from there over Shipston-on-Stour, Wellsbourne, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Stoneleigh, Bubbenhall and Draycote before landing at its new home in Baginton at 1215 BST.

Blimey ..... it looks like something somebody cobbled together from scrap metal using a comic book for the design .....

A worthy reminder of our illustrious flying heritage, though .....

[Livia]

That is a piece of history. I wish this country had been more closed-handed with our technology like the jet engine instead of just handing it over to the USA, thinking they would honour that kind of relationship... when of course they never did. They developed it and SOLD it back to us.

[Omah]

Yeah, it's now hard to believe that the UK was at the forefront of jet propulsion technology .....