I suppose I'm too late as it's the 8th, but this thread cannot possibly come to a sensible conclusion as it's apples and oranges. All the jets we are talking about have been screwed by politicians. I only flew three of the contenders, the Hunter, Meteor and the Lightning. Thanks to our lords and masters, both political and military, they were all spoiled as warplanes and as usual the boys on the front line had to get the best out of them - which they did.
In my humble opinion the most capable fighter was the Phantom, the prettiest, the Hunter and the most sheer fun, the aloominum toob!!
