Oldest airworthy jet in the world crashes.

No, this was the oldest flying by some margin. No longer it would seem.

That would leave Winston or the F86A at Duxford as the oldest now I guess, at least until one or two of the historic WW2 jets under rebuild come to fruition.

Bruce

I was under the impression that “Winston” – former RAF F8 Meteor VZ467 now flying in Temora is the oldest flying jet in the world…. Well it was when Flypast did a published survey… :confused:

Did you mean oldest airworthy jet in the World?

There are older jets in museums etc.

Garry

http://www.rnews.com/content/top_stories/474019/pilot-identified-in-small-jet-crash/?RegionCookie=2004

I suspect its game over for that one.

A low value to start with, even if it is/was the oldest jet flying means large restoration bills will be unsupportable.

The obvious damage – to the pod means that it will require a complete new fuselage pod. I didnt see what the damage was elsewhere, but it wont be good.

Shame.

Bruce

News report says “minor damage” to the nose section,looks abit worse than minor.
I wonder if Bruce could give an insight to the damage shown and rebuild possibilities.
Well done to the pilot by the looks of it and i hope he is soon back up and about.

Video clip here, includes close-ups of the aircraft.