As an ex flat iron rigger, one of C/T "Topper" Browns lads at Waddo, I don't get all misty eyed on seeing a Vulcan flying, it was not an easy aircraft to maintain. Wing fuel tank bag change springs to mind, window box change on the line in a snowstorm, sweeping snow off the wing with no safety harness, (no hard points for a harness), air leaks from the ducting in the nose wheel bay, brake unit change on the taxy-way after the two winged master race overheated them on landing and caused them to weld together! We had a good laugh though when we saw the RCDS flypast with one aircraft the crew door open instead of the bomb doors! There was an airman killed by the crew entrance when it blew open when the aircraft was being pressurised in the hangar as he was checking for leaks around the door. So not my favourite aeroplane, much preferred the Hunter, and I don't mean the mighty one.