Dunno how long the Moonflowers lasted but the last time I saw a Vulcan was over here on the beautiful island of Borneo around 1990-ish. It was parked by our hangar but when I tried to approach the crew chief for a chat, I was chased away by a Gurkha dog handler. Apparently the old beast was much too secret for an old cold war warrior to approach too closely, though I doubt if any of the b*ggers looking after it would have ever seen 'old Yeller' never mind used a live one for an access stand while changing anti-collision light bulbs on QRA.
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Through difficulties to the cinema