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What exactly constitutes "better" Lewis? I have very fond memories of many
thousands of hours of flight time as a Flight Engineer/ supernumerary crew/
passenger in a variety of aircraft including the Avro Anson, DC3, Hastings[unpressurised tailwheel military version of the Hermes flown by
B.O.A.C.] Gloucester Meteor, Hunter T7, Blackburn Beverley, Canberra,
Valiant [V bomber], R.A.F. Comet, U.S.A.F. Globemaster [the 1950s version],
Viscount, Britannia, and quite a few more. Some were mundane aircraft,
some were very good, and a few were special, such as the superb Britannia
which arrived on the scene just as the jet age was ushered in, and hence didn't sell well. The Hunter was also a very fine aircraft that served with many airforces. I never flew in one, but the Harrier is/was from all accounts a very fine aircraft. Prior to the Britannia, the Viscount was a revelation; fast, and smooth as silk, and of course much quieter than its piston engined
predecessors.
raymo
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